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Going to turn 30, Alice is the youngest of three daughters and the black sheep of her family. Attracted to traveling in far-flung and frequently dangerous countries, she has never enjoyed the closeness with her father that her two older sisters have and has eschewed their more conventional career paths. She has left behind a failed relationship in London with the man she thought she might marry and is also late to hear the news that her father is dying. She returns to the family home only just in time to state good-bye. Daniel is named a lot of things - "tramp", "bum", "lost". He hasn't had a roof over his head for nearly 30 years, but he once had a steady job and a passionate romance with a woman he's never forgotten. To him, the city of London has become like home in a way that no bricks-and-mortar dwelling ever was. He makes sculptures from the objects he finds on his walks throughout the city - items of string and scraps of paper, a child's hair tie, and a lost earring - and experience synesthesia, a neurological condition that causes him to see words and individual letters of the alphabet as colors. But as he approaches his 60s his health is faltering, and he's kept alive by the data of one thing - that he has a daughter somewhere on the planet whom he has never been able to find. A searching and inventive debut, Ten Things I've Learnt About Love is a story about finding love in unexpected places, about rootlessness and homecoming, and the energy of the ties that bind. It announces Sarah Butler as a significant new talent for telling stories that are heart-wrenching and unforgettable.
