A Day in June (World Prose) - Softcover

Marisa Labozzetta

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1771833823 ISBN 13: 9781771833820

Publisher: Guernica Editions (CA), 2019

Synopsis

"When thirty-two-year-old Eric Boulanger returns to his Vermont hometown to care for his ailing mother, he attempts to aid the town's failing economy by drumming up a contest that offers a free wedding, The winner is Bostonian Ryan Toscano, whose fiancâe has left her to become a Jesuit. Urged by her beloved, outspoken grandmother, Faye, to find a substitute in time, the contest sets the young people, as well as the citizens of the town of Brackton, on an odyssey that will challenge their belief systems, positions in society, and notions of loyalty, and life and death."--

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From the Back Cover

When thirty-two-year-old Eric Boulanger returns to his Vermont hometown to care for his mother, he attempts to revive the town's failing economy by drumming up a contest that will offer a free wedding. The winner is Bostonian Ryan Toscano whose fianc? has left to become a Jesuit, but whose beloved, outspoken, Jewish grandmother insists she find a substitute in time for the gala affair. Eric's well-intentioned brainstorm sets three millennials on an -at times hilarious at times painful- odyssey of self-discovery, one, full of surprises amid deceptions, that forces them and an entire town to confront their notions of faith and death, love and acceptance.

About the Author

Marisa Labozzetta is the author of the novels, ?Sometimes It Snows in America?and?Stay With Me, Lella, and the collections of stories, At the Copa and Thieves Never Steal in the Rain.?She is a two-time Eric Hoffer Award winner, a John Gardner Fiction Book Award Finalist, and a Pushcart Prize nominee. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.?

About this edition

• Publisher: Guernica Editions (CA)
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1771833823
• ISBN 13: 9781771833820
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270