It's Winter in the 90's in Dalton, Maine. Rose has made a steady life for herself and her two sons, and is even contemplating a romance with Nate, the local policeman, when her abusive ex Tommy returns to town, with a lot of promises to stop drinking and also secretly toting a gun... Meanwhile, college-aged …
Continue reading In A Distant Valley by Shannon Bowring (Dalton, Maine #3)
Orri, the 19 year old son of a farmer in Iceland, decides to take a break from his University course, and returns home to his parents farm. Over the course of the year, he finds direction through his sense of capability as he helps his father farming, through his friendship with a local farmers daughter, …
In the Summer of 1966, Robert decides to realise his dream of opening a cafe when he sees the dilapidated corner cafe in the Carmelite market Square in Vienna is closing. A war orphan, raised by nuns, Robert is a kind and hardworking man, and though his cafe is not in a fashionable part of …
In the day's leading up to Agne's daughter's wedding, Uncle Malcolm decides to give Agnes a letter, written by her mother, that he's been holding on to since the war, while Joe anticipates seeing Agnes, whose therapist he was and who he has feelings for. Agnes, meanwhile, thinks back over her failed marriage and the …
Set in London in the 90's, Ordinary Human Failings is the story of Carmel and her family, Irish immigrants whose youngest member, 10 year old Lucy, has been involved in the death of a neighbors 3 year old on their housing estate. Tom, an ambitious and amoral reporter, hopes to exploit the story of the …
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