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The narrator Jim, a gay academic in his sixties, lives through a year of intense mourning at his home in Bolton Hill, Baltimore. His godson Jacob, son of the college roommate Jim loved years before, comes to live with him as he starts an MFA program in composition at Peabody Conservatory. Chapter by chapter, Spirit's Tether traces the stages of grief, Jim's negotiation of friendships old and new, ... Read more

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The narrator Jim, a gay academic in his sixties, lives through a year of intense mourning at his home in Bolton Hill, Baltimore. His godson Jacob, son of the college roommate Jim loved years before, comes to live with him as he starts an MFA program in composition at Peabody Conservatory. Chapter by chapter, Spirit's Tether traces the stages of grief, Jim's negotiation of friendships old and new,
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A handsome young Roman actor stands at the dawn of his career. A chance meeting on the Metro introduces him to a circle of Anglo expats who find in him the embodiment of their dreams and doubts about Italy and its people. As a pandemic closes theaters, the whole world must don the actor's mask. Truth, trust, friendship, love, and art - all must be reimagined, rehearsed, and performed afresh.John C ... Read more

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A handsome young Roman actor stands at the dawn of his career. A chance meeting on the Metro introduces him to a circle of Anglo expats who find in him the embodiment of their dreams and doubts about Italy and its people. As a pandemic closes theaters, the whole world must don the actor's mask. Truth, trust, friendship, love, and art - all must be reimagined, rehearsed, and performed afresh.John C
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The New York Times–bestselling author of the Commissario Guido Brunetti series takes readers beyond the Venice police force in her first standalone novel.Caterina Pellegrini is a native Venetian, and like so many of them, she's had to leave home to pursue her career. With a doctorate in baroque opera from Vienna, she lands in Manchester, England. Manchester, however, is no Venice. When Caterina
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