Notes from the Porch

<p><strong style=color: rgba(87 87 87 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Silver Winner Inspirational 2025 IBPA Book Award</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(87 87 87 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Silver Winner Creative Nonfiction 2024 IPNE Award</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>From the author of the international bestseller </span><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The Headmaster's Wife</em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> and other novels comes a collection of essays written during the Covid-19 pandemic. While the author sheltered in place in his tiny Vermont town he observed and documented neighbors helping neighbors the joys of gardening a boy riding his bike and walks in the park with his dog Hugo. Childhood memories and stories of family life are intertwined and what the reader gains is a sense of community family and belonging.  </span><span style=color: rgba(29 29 29 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>An ideal collection for reading by the fire on a cold night. -</span><strong style=color: rgba(29 29 29 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)><em>Publishers Weekly</em></strong></p>