A spellbinding story collection about the lives we almost lived, the people we can�t quite forget, and the stories that shape us.. A college student falls for her professor and learns to transmute longing into language. A disquieted husband watches with tenderness and unease as the ghost of his wife�s ambition roams the woods outside their home. A long-deceased Beat poet hijacks the mind of a young publishing assistant during a sales meeting, railing against the state of modern literature. A curious grandmother creates a fake online dating profile to spy on her granddaughter�s romantic life�and sets in motion a deception she can�t control. Spanning eras and geographies, The Typing Lady is an electrifying meditation on the stories we tell ourselves, and the stories we become. PRAISE: 'If you�ve lost your way with fiction over the last year or two, let The Book of Form and Emptiness light your way home.� David Mitchell 'No one writes quite like Ruth Ozeki and The Book of Form and Emptiness is a triumph.� Matt Haig