Richard Russo

Miles Roby tries to hold his family together while working at the Empire Grill in the once-successful logging town of Empire Falls while dealing with the imperious Mrs. Whiting, the heir to a faded logging and textile legacy, in this evocative novel by the author of Nobody's Fool. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.

Empire Falls

Miles Silverstein

This explanation made Miles feel like a boy again, and when he spoke it was with a ten-year-old’s whine. "But you got steamer clams in a restaurant that didn't even have them on the menu."

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