S. Lucia Kanter St. Amour

From the author of the internationally acclaimed book club favorite The Covert Buccaneer comes this luminous collection of slice-of-life vignettes that capture fleeting moments before they vanish—the small, human intervals that rarely announce their importance until memory claims them.

As an eight-year-old in 2013, author Thanael Kanter was quite the chatterbox. His favorite way to start a sentence was with the word "imagine". “Imagine a flying car with a holographic steering wheel.” “Imagine a dog collar that translates your dog’s thoughts to words you can hear.”...

Have you ever arm-wrestled for chocolates, gamed with the tit-for-tat robot, or booked a session with a negotiation stylist? No? Ever tried to get a toddler to eat broccoli, been in a conversation where someone repeats themselves over and over, or tried to reason with a person who insists their...