Michael Downing is the author of nine books, including the national bestseller Perfect Agreement; Breakfast with Scot, which was adapted as a feature film; Shoes Outside the Door- Desire, Devotion, and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center; and Spring Forward- The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time. A frequent commentator in the national media on Congress and the clocks, he teaches creative writing at Tufts University.
"A novel of compassion and wit ... Downing combines one man's tale of loss and acceptance, the lost rhythms of the Shaker world, and the delights of the English language." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Downing is better at writing about Shakers than Hawthorne or Melville ... The feeling for the community and its members ring true." --New York Times Book Review "Perfect Agreement is as artfully and solidly constructed as a Shaker table ... Exquisite." --Newsday
"A novel of compassion and wit ... Downing combines one man's tale of loss and acceptance, the lost rhythms of the Shaker world, and the delights of the English language." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Downing is better at writing about Shakers than Hawthorne or Melville ... The feeling for the community and its members ring true." --New York Times Book Review "Perfect Agreement is as artfully and solidly constructed as a Shaker table ... Exquisite." --Newsday
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