In Anam Cara, Gaelic for "soul friend", the ancient teachings, stories, and blessing of Celtic wisdom provide such profound insights on the universal themes of friendship, solitude, love, and death as: Light is generous; The human heart is never completely born; Love as ancient recognition; The body is the angel of the soul; Solitude is luminous; Beauty likes neglected places; The passionate heart never ages; Silence is the sister of the divine.
-- Phenomenal interest in everything Celtic is evidenced by such successes as Angela's Ashes, How the Irish Saved Civilization, and even the hit show "Riverdance", a sell-out at Radio City Music Hall -- and one of the top 10 video rentals for 1996.
-- Anam Cara has more than 50,000 hardcover copies in print.
-- Sounds True Audio released 10,000 copies of Anam Cara in 1996 and it is one of their top three bestsellers.
-- Anam Cara has enjoyed impressive foreign sales, with rights sold to the UK, Italy, South America, Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, and Japan.
-- HarperCollins will publish Anam Cara's sequel Being Here Is So Much in hardcover in November 1998.
