The Unwritten Book

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"What is it to be haunted, to be a ghost, to die, to live, to read? The Unwritten Book gathers subjects that haunt: the dead, the forest, the towering library of all those books we'll never have time to read or write. Samantha Hunt, like a mad crossword puzzler, looks for patterns and clues. She explores motherhood, hoarding, addiction, grief, how we insulate ourselves from the past, how we misinterpret the world. Nestled within her inquiry is a very special ghost book, an incomplete manuscript about people who can fly without wings, written by her father and found in his desk just days after he died. What secrets might his work reveal? The Unwritten Book conveys a vivid, grateful life that sheds fear for wonder and revels in randomness, connectivity, the magic of everyday existence, and the immense weight of love"--Back cover