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The Reverend William Sloane Coffinauthor of The Heart Is a Little to the LeftGiovanni's Light reminds us of the Divine wonder and beauty of ordinary things in the everyday world.
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Sue Graftonauthor of P Is for PerilReading Giovanni's Light is like being transported by magic into one of those miniature villages under an old-fashioned Christmas tree.
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Michael Kordaauthor of Country MattersGiovanni's Light is a charming, lovely story, and the perfect Christmas "stocking stuffer."
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Howard Normanauthor of The Haunting of L.Deeply affecting, written with offhand-seeming brilliance and compassion, Giovanni's Light is a Christmas dream of achieved realism. Phyllis Theroux succeeds in plaiting together a philosophy of art with real people's lives in a way that makes her book a small classic.
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Benjamin Cheeverauthor of Famous After DeathYou'll read this in one sitting. And when you've finished, the world will look fresh and new again, the way it used to look. Giovanni's Light is splendid. Read it to yourself. Read it to your children.