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Four Letters of Love - Niall Williams

Description: ISBN 0330352695 / Author: Niall Williams / Genre: Fiction / 'When I was twelve years old God spoke to my father for the first time. God ... more

Four Letters of Love - Niall Williams ... didn't say much. He told my father to be a painter and left it at that ...' So begins Niall Williams' magical tale about love and destiny. Nicholas Coughlan and Isabel Gore were made for each other - but fate doesn't always take the easiest or the most obvious route to true love. For a start, Nicholas and Isabel have never met and nor are they likely to, without some kind of divine intervention. But as God, ghosts, a series of coincidences and seemingly chance events and encounters conspire to bring the couple together, other - often more human - forces attempt to keep them apart. 'What will be, will be,' of course, but that doesn't guarantee a happy-ever-after ending, nor answer the question 'Will they, won't they?' Written in a lyrical, lilting tone, Four Letters of Love is a glorious, uplifting story about faith, about seizing the moment, believing in your instincts and acting on impulse - and about following your heart, no matter where it may lead.

Newest Review: ... his back on his career, family, and old life and become a painter. At the same time is a secondary, but inexplicably linked, ... more

... story about a girl from an island going to school in Galway and how her family copes with a traumatic accident. Whilst an unusual premise for a book, because of the skill of the author, i didn't feel like i had to suspend belief or take it with a pinch of salt. The "voice" of the main characters are ultimately believable because of the depth which comes from Williams' lyrical and beautiful writing style. Williams deftly writes about feelings, thoughts, emotions as skilfully as he does describe storms whip...more

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Four Letters of Love - Niall Williams: Love letters straight to your heart (307 words)
by - written on 31/01/09 (Very useful, 43 readings)
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This was the second Niall Williams book that i read - his other one As It Is In Heaven - reduced me to tears in the last few pages so as soon as i saw this book in the shop, i had to have it. Four Letters of Love is a book which, on the face of it, is about a man trying to discover who his father was and why he chose to turn his back on his career, family, and old life and become a painter. At the same time is a secondary, but inexplicably linked, story about a girl from an island going to school in Galway and how her family copes with a traumatic accident. Whilst an unusual premise for a book, because of the skill of the author, i didn't feel like i had to ... Read the complete review

***FOUR LETTERS OF LOVE***A TALE FOR A MAN OR A WOMAN***NIAL ... (893 words)
by - written on 23/08/06 (Very useful, 115 readings)
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Four Letters of Love A Novel By Niall Williams ************************************************************** “A breathtaking affirmation of magic, miracles and the power of human love. Read it” The Times I bought this book in 1998, when I lived in a little place called Ormskirk, in Lancashire. I have to admit that I had never heard of Niall Williams, and I was only in the bookshop because I had that overwhelming desire to just read Something – ANYTHING!!!! (Do you ever get that?) Not only that, but I have to admit to the greater sin of only buying the book because the cover looked nice. I do ... Read the complete review

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