Garth Stein crea narrativas que profundizan en temas trascendentales como la familia, la lealtad canina y el intrincado tapiz de la conexión humana. Su estilo distintivo a menudo une el realismo mágico con historias profundamente resonantes y humanas, ofreciendo a los lectores experiencias conmovedoras. Stein combina hábilmente humor y patetismo para explorar la esencia de la vida y el amor. Sus obras ahondan en complejas cuestiones éticas, proporcionando una lente única para observar la condición humana.
Stein's New York Times-bestselling adult novel The Art of Racing in the Rain is adapted for tweens--the story of an indelible friendship between a man (Denny, a racecar driver), his daughter Zoe, and his dog (Enzo, the unforgettable narrator of the book).
A perennial bestseller with over two million paperback copies sold, now released in a limited Olive Edition to celebrate Harper Perennial's 50th anniversary.
Nearing the end of his life, Enzo, a dog with a philosopher's soul, tries to bring together the family, pulled apart by a three year custody battle between daughter Zoe's maternal grandparents and her father Denny, a race car driver.
James Tucker is a genetically modified cross between a human and a goat who was conceived in a top-secret laboratory on Washington State's Vashon Island, and all he wants is to live a normal life as he takes journey across the Pacific Northwest searching for his true home.
A heartwarming tale of coming home, this is Garth Stein's picture book about the lovable dog Enzo from The Art of Racing in the Rain. Young dog lovers will enjoy cuddling up with this sweet story.Enzo the puppy's action-packed adventure begins when he makes the journey from the farm to the city, discovers just how big the world is, and finds the family that was meant to be his.R. W. Alley's bright and funny art brings the beloved Enzo to life as he learns to adapt to life in his new home and discovers just what it means to become a family.Fans of Biscuit, Spot, Clifford, and other beloved dog stories will welcome Enzo!
In the summer of 1990, fourteen-year-old Trevor Riddell gets his first glimpse of Riddell House. Built from the spoils of a massive timber fortune, the legendary family mansion is constructed of giant whole trees, set on a huge estate overlooking Puget Sound. Trevor's bankrupt parents have begun a trial separation. His father, Jones Riddell, has returned to Riddell House to join forces with his sister, Serena, dispatch the ailing Grandpa Samuel to a nursing home, sell off the property for development, divide up the profits and live happily ever after. But as Trevor explores the house's secret stairways and hidden rooms, he soon discovers there is someone else living in Riddell House. Only Trevor's willingness to face the past will reveal the key to his family's future.
ALONE TOGETHER: Love, Grief, and Comfort During the Time of COVID-19 is a collection of essays, poems, and interviews to serve as a lifeline for negotiating how to connect and thrive during this stressful time of isolation as well as a historical perspective that will remain relevant for years to come. All contributing authors and business partners are donating their share to The Book Industry Charitable Foundation, a nonprofit organization that coordinates charitable programs to strengthen the bookselling community. The roster of diverse voices includes Faith Adiele, Kwame Alexander, Jenna Blum, Andre Dubus III, Jamie Ford, Nikki Giovanni, Pam Houston, Jean Kwok, Major Jackson, Devi S. Laskar, Caroline Leavitt, Ada Limón, Dani Shapiro, David Sheff, Garth Stein, Luis Alberto Urrea, Steve Yarbrough, and Lidia Yuknavitch. ALONE TOGETHER is divided into five sections: What Now?, Grieve, Comfort, Connect, And Don't Stop. The overarching theme is how this age of isolation and uncertainty is changing us as individuals and a society.
The story features a grieving mother who returns to her remote Alaskan hometown to uncover the truth behind her son's drowning. As she delves deeper, she encounters elements of Native American folklore that intertwine with her search, revealing a chilling connection between life and death. Garth Stein's debut weaves a supernatural thriller that explores themes of grief, legend, and the haunting legacy of loss.
“Funny, bewitching, observant.”— The Oregonian“Hits all the frets of a powerful sharp-witted dialogue, vivid characters, insight into medical challenges and prose that snaps like well-placed plucks of guitar strings. . . . I hold up my lighter and turn it full-flame for [Garth] Stein’s latest work. Encore!”— The Seattle Times“Compelling.”— Seattle Post-Intelligencer“Stein handles the many narrative elements deftly.”— Seattle Weekly“An engrossing family drama.”— Publishers WeeklyEvan had a hit single, but that was ten years ago. Thirty-one now, he’s drifting, playing in a local band and teaching middle-aged men to coax music from an electric guitar.Beset at a young age with a life-threatening form of epilepsy, he’s kept his condition a secret. But his deepest secret is that he got his high school sweetheart pregnant. Then her conservative parents whisked her out of Seattle and out of Evan’s life.Now, fourteen years later, he experiences unplanned parenthood when he undertakes to raise the resentful teenage son he’s never known.Off beat and disarming, How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets portrays a contemporary American family with unfailing honesty.
From Garth Stein, the author of the #1 bestseller The Art of Racing in the Rain, and Matthew Southworth, the co-creator of Stumptown come a raucously funny and fast-moving series of graphic novels. James Tucker is the most successful Genetically Modified Human Organism ever created. Half-man, half-goat, Tuck's story unfurls like an action-packed fever dream spanning the Pacific Northwest, from a homeless encampment to a secret sanctuary in the woods where elites perform ritual goat sacrifices. The Cloven Book One features a special full-color four page fold-out spread.