Kevin Jarre
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English
Description
Tom Tibbets takes a job at a small weekly newspaper in Portage, New Hampshire, and an apartment in the old Cooper Building, where the residents form a kaleidoscope pattern of the odd, the interesting, and even the insane. One neighbor believes that we descend from aliens, another is a pothead-philosopher, and there's a pair of brothers who play with illegal explosives for fun. A vegan pacifist lives there, along with a couple of nomadic born-again...
Author
Language
English
Description
Ashin Asilomar is a retired dentist, living in the same California town where he was raised, practiced, married, and widowed. A troubled young family moves in next door, and he befriends their 12-year-old son. Together, they watch as outsiders continue to move in, calling the town perfect just as it is, and then working so very hard to transform Paris into the place they recently escaped. It begins with fences, signs, and dog leashes, but progresses...