This acclaimed New York Times Notable Book and #1 national bestseller is the basis for the major motion picture The Door in the Floor from Focus Features-the company behind The Pianist, Far from Heaven , Swimming Pool, and Lost in Translation.
"BY TURNS ANTIC AND MOVING, LUSTY AND TRAGIC ... bursting with memorable moments." -San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle
"WISELY AND CAREFULLY CRAFTED ... Irving is among the few novelists who can write a novel about grief and fill it with ribald humor soaked in irony." -USA Today
"Irving's most entertaining and persuasive novel since ... The World According to Garp." -The New York Times
"DEEPLY AFFECTING ... The pleasures of this rich and beautiful book are manifold. To be human is to savor them." -Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A POWERFUL TALE TO ADD TO AN ALREADY EXTRAORDINARY BODY OF WORK FROM A GREAT AMERICAN WRITER." -Richmond Times-Dispatch