John Cariani
Author
Description
"Welcome to Almost, Maine, a town that's so far north, it's almost not in the United States--it's almost in Canada. And it almost doesn't exist, because its residents never got around to getting organized. So it's just...Almost. One cold, clear Friday night in the middle of winter, while the northern lights hover in the sky above, Almost's residents find themselves falling in and out of love in the strangest ways. Knees are bruised. Hearts are broken....
Pub. Date
2012
Description
After moving to a small, rural town, uptight Joel Bixby is invited by an agreeable new acquaintance to join a group of townsmen who meet in a ramshackle room at the edge of town. Unknowingly the 'replacement' for a beloved member who recently passed away, Joel meets the group's other surviving members and is swept up in their strange lives, but struggles with their secretive purpose for gathering, until he realizes each of them is as lost as himself....
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