A Special Providence

By Richard Yates,

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An ebook compilation of inspirational writings, featuring seven classic works in one high quality, fully searchable edition:

The compilation includes:

'Mere Christianity'
'The Screwtape Letters'
'Surprised by Joy'
'The Four Loves'
'The Problem of Pain'
'The Great Divorce'
'Miracles'

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My favorite novelist. Laureate of Broken People. Criminally underappreciated. In 1987, 15 years before I was lucky enough to be published, I wrote to Yates after I got his address from his daughter Monica, who was dating my fellow stand-up comic friend, some unknown guy named Larry David. In the letter, I revealed that I had just stolen his out-of-print 1969 novel about a post-WWII mother and homecoming son from the NYC Public Library and that it would always be my favorite book of his because it was the only one I had not yet read. He wrote back that…

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