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Richard Russo

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Empire Falls

by Richard Russo

4.3

Miles Roby manages the Empire Grill in Empire Falls, Maine — a dying mill town owned entirely by the widow Francine Whiting. He has waited his whole life for things to resolve themselves. His marriage is failing, his teenage daughter is struggling, and the town is slowly emptying. Russo's Pulitzer Prize winner.

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Where to Start with Richard Russo: A Reading Guide

Where to start with Richard Russo — how to approach Empire Falls, his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a man managing a diner in a dying Maine mill town, waiting for life to sort itself out while the town empties around him. A complete reading guide.

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