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A Novel In Stories
Simon & Schuster
June 2008
On Sale: May 20, 2008
224 pages
ISBN: 1416563407
EAN: 9781416563402
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Women's Fiction Contemporary
Lucy's Tavern is the best
kind of small-town bar. It has a good jukebox, a bartender
with a
generous pour, and it's always open, even in terrible
weather. In the
raw and beautiful country that makes up Rebecca Barry's
fictional
landscape, Lucy's is where everyone ends up, whether they
mean to or
not. There's the tipsy advice columnist who has a
hard time
following her own advice, the ex-con who falls for the same
woman over
and over again, and the soup-maker who tries to drink and
cook his way
out of romantic despair. Theirs are the kinds of stories
about love and
life that unfold late in the evening, when people finally
share their
secret hopes and frailties, because they know you will
forgive them, or
maybe make out with them for a little while. In this rich
and engaging
debut, each central character suffers a sobering moment of
clarity in
which the beauty and sadness of life is revealed. But the
character
does not cry or mend his ways. Instead he tips back his hat,
lights
another unfiltered cigarette, and heads across the floor to
ask someone
to dance. A poignant exploration of the sometimes
tender, sometimes deeply funny ways people try to connect,
Later, at the Bar is as warm and inviting as a good
shot of whiskey on a cold winter night.
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