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Empire Falls by Richard Russo

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Also by Richard Russo:

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That Old Cape Magic, August 2009
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A Healing Touch, June 2008
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Bridge of Sighs, October 2007
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Empire Falls, May 2005
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The Whore's Child: Stories, July 2003
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Empire Falls, April 2002
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Straight Man, June 1998
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Mohawk, April 1994
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The Risk Pool, April 1994
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Nobody's Fool, April 1994
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Empire Falls
Richard Russo

Vintage
May 2005
On Sale: May 10, 2005
496 pages
ISBN: 0307275132
EAN: 9780307275134
Paperback
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With Empire Falls Richard Russo cements his reputation as one of America’s most compelling and compassionate storytellers.

Miles Roby has been slinging burgers at the Empire Grill for 20 years, a job that cost him his college education and much of his self-respect. What keeps him there? It could be his bright, sensitive daughter Tick, who needs all his help surviving the local high school. Or maybe it’s Janine, Miles’ soon-to-be ex-wife, who’s taken up with a noxiously vain health-club proprietor. Or perhaps it’s the imperious Francine Whiting, who owns everything in town–and seems to believe that “everything” includes Miles himself. In Empire Falls Richard Russo delves deep into the blue-collar heart of America in a work that overflows with hilarity, heartache, and grace.

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