Table for Two Thinking Tools a daughter is born

a daughter is born

and a tangled triangle of love and friendship forms among them

with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair

In Courage Is Calling

Table for Two Thinking Tools a daughter is bornA New York Times Bestseller "This may be Towles' best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chef's main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart." Los Angeles Times "The book spans the 20th century, bringing characters into tableaus of deceit and desire. Beneath his coifed prose Towles is a master of the shiv, the bait and switch; we see the flash of light before the shock wave strikes, often in the final sentence.