title: Dear Thief: A Novel
author: Samantha Harvey
description: <br />Praise for "The Wilderness" <br />Longlisted for Man Booker Prize<br />Finalist for the Orange Prize<br />Winner of the Betty Trask Prize<br />Shortlisted for the "Guardian" First Book Award<br />Winner of the AMI Literature Award <br />"Closer to Virginia Woolf's meditative novels than anything else I can think of. . . . This is . . . Mrs. Dalloway prose." --Carolyn See, "The Washington Post Book World" <br />"[A] brave imagining of [Alzheimer's].... There are moments of clarity; there is the persistence of desire; there are enduring long-term memories that remain after there is no capacity to recall what was for breakfast or if there was breakfast or what the thing called breakfast is." --"The New York Times" <br />"A stunning composition of human fragility and intensity." --"The Guardian" (London) <br />"Harvey infuses the text with compassion. [The Wilderness] conveys the importance of dignity and respect for those we love, no matter what their affliction." --"Las Vegas Review-Journal" <br />"The Wilderness is Samantha Harvey's first novel, but it feels like a mature work, as well crafted and as cryptic . . . as an ancient boat found preserved in the peat of the northern-England moors where the book is mostly set." --"Bookforum" <br />"A really exciting debut is as rare as it ever was. Samantha Harvey's first novel is an extraordinary dramatization of a mind in the process of disintegration. . . . Brilliant." --"The Times" (London) <br />"Very moving. . . . Touches a resounding chord of melancholy. . . . [Harvey] makes you realize that memory can never quite be trusted." --"The Scotsman" <br />"A haunting, intelligent novel, crowded with powerful characters, told in a language that is never ordinary, but always clear and elegant." --Tessa Hadley, author of "The Master Bedroom" and "Sunstroke and Other Stories" <br />"Raises intriguing queries about the nature of memory--why we remember what we do, and why we forget." --"Ottawa Citizen" <br />"A brave andd<br /><br />Praise for "The Wilderness" <br />"Closer to Virginia Woolf's meditative novels than anything else I can think of. . . . This is . . . Mrs. Dalloway prose." -- Carolyn See, "The Washington Post Book World" <br />"[A] brave imagining of [Alzheimer's].... There are moments of clarity; there is the persistence of desire; there are enduring long-term memories that remain after there is no capacity to recall what was for breakfast or if there was breakfast or what the thing called breakfast is." -- "The New York Times" <br />"A stunning composition of human fragility and intensity." -- "The Guardian" (London) <br />"Harvey infuses the text with compassion. [The Wilderness] conveys the importance of dignity and respect for those we love, no matter what their affliction." -- "Las Vegas Review-Journal" <br />""The Wilderness" is Samantha Harvey's first novel, but it feels like a mature work, as well crafted and as cryptic . . . as an ancient boat found preserved in the peat of the northern-England moors where the book is mostly set." -- "Bookforum" <br />"A really exciting debut is as rare as it ever was. Samantha Harvey's first novel is an extraordinary dramatization of a mind in the process of disintegration. . . . Brilliant." -- "The Times" (London) <br />"Very moving. . . . Touches a resounding chord of melancholy. . . . [Harvey] makes you realize that memory can never quite be trusted." -- "The Scotsman" <br />"A haunting, intelligent novel, crowded with powerful characters, told in a language that is never ordinary, but always clear and elegant." -- Tessa Hadley, author of "The Master Bedroom" and "Sunstroke and Other Stories" <br />"Raises intriguing queries about the nature of memory--why we remember what we do, and why we forget." -- "Ottawa Citizen" <br />"A brave and intelligent crafting of narrative . . . . A mesmerizing work of patient compassion, bearing Jake deep into the vortex." -- "The Independent" (London) <br />"This is a finely written ode t
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  THIEF
  
  
  
  
  
  By Lily Harlem
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
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  Kat uses her female charm and womanly attributes to pinch elite cars for her
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