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02499aam a2200325 i 4500 001 489044620CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230617010022 008 220909s2023 iau 000 f eng 010 $a 2022040049 020 $a 1609388836 020 $a 9781609388836 035 $a (OCoLC)1344158194 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 04 $a PS3616.O8439 $b O98 2023 050 00 $a PS3616.O8438 $b O98 2023 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Pothier, Mark Ernest, $d 1959- $e author. 245 10 $a Outer sunset : $b a novel / $c by Mark Ernest Pothier. 264 1 $a Iowa City : $b University of Iowa Press, $c [2023] 300 $a 259 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Jim Finley - a recently retired English teacher living alone on the shifting edge of San Francisco - has been set, unwittingly, on the back porch of life. Trying to harmonize the voices in his head, he sits most days by his stack of "to-do" books until, one day, his daughter comes home with the worst news of her life. Everything changes - it must - and as his broken heart reengages, he steps back into a new world. He sees his ex-wife has launched into a larger life than the one they'd shared. He is surprised to find it easier to talk to his son's immigrant girlfriend, or even the incorrupt remains of a Russian saint, than to the young man he's raised. He misconnects with Carol, his first date in decades - a woman he enjoys talking to but doesn't quite hear. And he learns he must struggle more every day to keep from losing his daughter, and life's sweetness. Set in the temporary, pre-tech calm before the turn of this century, Outer Sunset is a deeply felt story about the intimate place where long-lasting growth occurs in our lives. It is a novel about how to revise, or live without, your dreams; how to love the flaws of those closest to you and watch a child grow away into someone better than you'd imagined; and about how to be shaken by beauty amidst unimaginable loss and remain standing"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a American literature $y 21st century. 655 7 $a Novels. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01921742 655 7 $a Novels. $2 lcgft 776 08 $i Online version: $a Pothier, Mark Ernest, 1959- $t Outer sunset $d Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2023 $z 9781609388843 $w (DLC) 2022040050 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240217011432.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=489044620CD411EEAAE9666853ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search