One of the most moving and deeply felt masterpieces of the century, By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept is the true story of Ottawa-born author Elizabeth Smart's great and tragic love affair. After discovering a poetry volume by George Barker, she paid to fly both the impoverished author and his wife from Japan to join her in North America, and began an affair that was both strange and intensely passionate. Although Barker and Smart never married, they had four children, and this book is the story of the extraordinary triangle created by the power of their love. | By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth Smart, Perfect | Indigo Chapters