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Name: Love Begins in Winter

Author: Simon Van Booy
Year: 2009
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Genres/categories: Short Stories, Award winners, Fiction, Romance, Contemporary

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Winner of the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award in 2009.

On the verge of giving up--anchored to dreams that never came true and to people who have long since disappeared from their lives--Van Booy's characters walk the streets of these stark and beautiful stories until chance meetings with strangers force them to face responsibility for lives they thought had continued on without them.
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