Will Boast Livres

Focusing on the lives of working musicians, the ten linked stories in this collection reveal their struggles and triumphs away from the glamorous spotlight. With a blend of melancholy and humor, the narratives explore the dedication required in practice rooms, coffee shops, and small venues. Beyond mere entertainment, it delves into the deeper, often unrecognized music that resonates within everyone, offering a heartfelt tribute to the passion and perseverance of those who pursue their art.

A gripping and poignant literary memoir about grief, identity and family secrets.

In this “elegant meditation on modern-day emotion” (San Francisco Chronicle), best-selling, prize-winning author Will Boast reimagines the myth of Daphne and Apollo. Will Boast’s long-anticipated first novel is an “outright marvelous debut [that] breathes fresh vigor into timeless questions of love and risk” (Laura van den Berg). Born with a rare condition in which she suffers degrees of paralysis when faced with intense emotion, Daphne has had few close friends and fewer lovers. Like her mythic namesake, one touch can freeze her. But when Daphne meets shy, charming Ollie, her well-honed defenses falter, and she’s faced with a critical choice: cling to her protective isolation or risk the recklessness of real intimacy. Set against the backdrop of a San Francisco flush with money and pulsing with protest, Daphne is “an amiable exploration of how humans might come to manage their raucous hearts” (NewYorker.com).