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A quiet life, a novel, Ethan Joella

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A quiet life

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Ethan Joella

a novel

Chuck Ayers can't decide if he should make the annual trip to Hilton Head without his wife, Cat. It's been less than a year since Cat died, and though he cannot bear another moment alone in their home, the thought of making the familiar journey without her - not stopping at their favorite lunch spot or listening to her beloved show tunes on the way, and not sitting together on the beach or playing cards on the deck - is unimaginable. Ella Burke delivers newspapers and works at a bridal shop to fill the hours while she waits for news - any piece of information - about her missing daughter. Ella adjusts to life in a new apartment and answers every call on her phone, thinking her daughter will reach out one day. Kirsten Bonato works at an animal rescue shelter and mourns the death of her father, who was killed in a convenience store robbery. Once on track to become a veterinarian, Kirsten is now lost and unmoored. But her complicated feelings for two of her colleagues are a distraction from her pain. The lives of these three individuals intersect in unforeseen ways, as each character bravely presses onward, trying to recover something they have lost

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