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Empire Falls

Empire Falls

Richard Russo (born 1949)

English editions

Written in English

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Miles Roby gave up college to run the Empire Grill, the busiest eatery in a Maine town whose textile works closed long ago. The diner belongs to Francine Whiting, the controlling matriarch whose husband's family once owned the mills; she lives across the river and has promised it to him in her will. His wife Janine is divorcing him for a vain health-club owner, his brother David is rumoured to sell pot, and their boozy father keeps turning up. Miles's lonely, creative daughter Tick, a high-school senior, is tormented by the son of the local crooked cop and reaches out to a classmate who has been abused at home. Secret plans and old family history push the town toward a crisis.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Genres
Family (assigned by AI)
Set in
United States
First published
2001 by Alfred A. Knopf
Author's age
52 when first published
ISBN

9780679432470 (Alfred A. Knopf, United States)

9780375726408 (Vintage, United States)

9780099422273 (Vintage, United Kingdom)

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