01495oam 2200289z- 450 991015779360332120230906203136.01-939017-50-5(CKB)3710000001009586(BIP)054123055(BIP)050740108(EXLCZ)99371000000100958620210505c2015uuuu -u- -engCloser All the TimeIslandport Press1 online resource (129 p.) 1-939017-49-1 The inhabitants of Baxter, Maine, are going nowhere fast--but not for lack of trying. In this deftly written jewel of a novel, award-winning author Jim Nichols strings together the bittersweet stories of people bound together by shared geography and the insular nature of small-town life. There's Johnny Lunden, a well-meaning war veteran with a penchant for the local bar and a deep, but doomed love for his family; eight-year-old Ted Soule, who shares a first kiss with the Ophelia-like Nadia, the daughter of his Russian neighbors; and Tomi Lambert who watches the confused adults around her struggle to accept their fates. With the coastal waters of Maine serving as a backdrop, Nichols artfully explores the nature of connection--hoped for, missed, lost, and found.MaineFiction813/.6Nichols Jim1944-1433380BOOK9910157793603321Closer All the Time3580816UNINA