LEADER 01829nam 22004213 450 001 9910157793603321 005 20260213080305.0 010 $a1-939017-50-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000001009586 035 $a(BIP)054123055 035 $a(BIP)050740108 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC32539485 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL32539485 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001009586 100 $a20260213d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCloser All the Time 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aYarmouth :$cIslandport Press, Incorporated,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015. 215 $a1 online resource (129 p.) 311 08$a1-939017-49-1 330 8 $aThe 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. 610 $aMaine 610 $aFiction 676 $a813/.6 700 $aNichols$b Jim$01893703 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910157793603321 996 $aCloser All the Time$94542839 997 $aUNINA