Since he was disfigured in a fire sixteen years ago, recluse Louis Malone has remained hidden from the prying eyes of his neighbors in the small town of Waverly. Across town, Iris Shula, a lonely and unlovely nurse, knows at thirty-seven it is unlikely that her Prince Charming will ever appear. But Iris is about to learn how wrong she is. When Louis accidentally falls out of his second-story window, these two kindred souls are brought together. What unfolds is a most unlikely love story. One that will make you laugh and that will break—and remake—your heart. "An off-beat love story…alternately deeply moving and laugh-aloud funny." — Good Housekeeping "A fascination and a delight…a whimsical novel with flashes of bright fantasy and high hilarity….An attractive flight into romance’s more fabulous dimension." — Kirkus Reviews "Jon Cohen conjures magic, weaving a gentle romantic fantasy of piercing and eccentric beauty." — Boston Globe "Amusing, entertaining, and haunting…With his style of mystical, humorous imagery, Jon Cohen creates characters and scenes that stay with a reader for a long time." — St. Louis Dispatch "His characters are drawn with such affection that even the meanest is bathed in the warmth of his humor…A novel to savor." — Time Out " The Man in the Window is written with a vivid cinematographic eye and ear for black humor. It is irreverent and boisterous, a novel about loneliness, love, and the basic human needs of even the most unlikely." — Washington Times Jon Cohen, a former critical care nurse, wrote his first novel between hospital shifts and raising two children. After receiving a creative writing grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, he turned to writing full time. His two novels, both critically acclaimed, are The Man in the Window and Max Lakeman and the Beautiful Stranger . Setting his sights on Hollywood, he purchased a “how-to” book on screenwriting. He has since written numerous screenplays for Fox, Warner Bros., and Sony, and he is the cowriter of Minority Report , directed by Steven Spielberg. Jon lives with his wife outside of Philadelphia and is currently working on a new novel. Nancy Pearl is a librarian and lifelong reader. She regularly comments on books on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. Her books include 2003’s Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment and Reason , 2005’s More Book Lust: 1,000 New Reading Recommendations for Every Mood, Moment and Reason; Book Crush: For Kids and Teens: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Interest , published in 2007, and 2010’s Book Lust To Go: Recommended Reading for Travelers, Vagabonds, and Dreamers . Among her many awards and honors are the 2011 Librarian of the Year Award from Library Journal; the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association; the 2010 Margaret E. Monroe Award from the Reference and Users Services Association of the American Library Association; and the 2004 Women's National Book Association Award, given to "a living American woman who …has done meritorious work in the world of books beyond the duties or responsibilities of her profession or occupation."