“The guitar was the only thing I’d ever seen that was as beautiful as the redwoods I worshipped.”
Sorrow
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Sorrow is a poignant story about friendship and love, art and music, and how these pursuits can save us from ourselves.
Joe Harper has backpedalled throughout his life. A once-promising guitar prodigy, he's been living without direction since abandoning his musical dreams. now into this thirties, having retreated from every opportunity he's had to level up, he has lost his family, his best friend, and his own self-respect.
But Joe's finds an unlikely path to redemption when he starts working as a carpenter for the bohemian conceptual artist October Danko. The job returns him to his hometown, loaded with bittersweet reminders of his former life, in the shadows of his beloved redwood trees.
As Joe's relationship with October develops, he yearns to take a daring step toward a bold future, but struggles to escape the craven decisions of his past. Sorrow is a stunning, moving novel that explores masculinity and suspended adolescence, all the while begging the questions:
Can courage be learned?
And is it ever too late to follow your heart?
© Oct 20, 2020 by Woodhall Press
Norwalk, CT
p. (919) 396-6342
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What People Are Saying
“A smart, thoughtful work that balances romance with intriguing philosophical questions.”
— Kirkus Review
“DeBartolo is no stranger to stories and music, and it shows in her carefully crafted details, humorous dialogue, and nuanced characterization.”
— BookLife by Publisher’s Weekly
“An art infused story about love with achingly beautiful characters.”
—Tarryn Fisher, NY Time bestseller
“It’s impossible to become less of yourself by doing something you really wanna do. You can only become less by not doing it. And becoming less means you shrivel up and die inside. That’s why you have to do shit. Especially shit that scares the crap out of you.”
— Sorrow