Set in the fading mill town of East Hartford in the early 2000s, The Closing of the Day follows seventeen-year-old Tommy Green, a restless kid with few prospects and a father who’s given up on life. Everything changes when he meets Mia Childs, a thirty-eight-year-old legal assistant facing terminal cancer. What begins as a reckless favor — finding her marijuana to ease her pain — becomes an unlikely friendship that reshapes them both. Through laughter, small rebellions, and quiet moments of grace, Tommy learns what it means to care for someone, while Mia rediscovers what it means to live, even as she’s dying. Years later, an older Tommy returns to her grave with his daughter, carrying forward the light she left behind.
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Eric Litsky was born in the Bronx and raised in Queens in the middle of the post-war, baby boom years. After his tumultuous college years at the University of Hartford in CT he had a 10-year career in advertising/public relations followed by three decades as a commercial real estate broker.Between his careers and raising a family, Litsky has been an amateur singer/songwriter, tango dancer, stage actor, musician (tuba player) and now a first-time author. The stories of his life are handled with a light touch and self-deprecating humor.He resides with his wife Norma in Northern CT.
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - His future lay ahead of him. Her best days were suddenly and unexpectedly behind her. Within the uncertainty lies a connection neither saw coming. Tommy Green is a high school senior with an attitude and a mean right hook to match. Unassuming legal clerk Mia Childs finds herself alone, facing cancer. As the light in Mia's life dims, and Tommy's future stretches forward feeling dark and unknown, each finds they have something to offer that the other desperately needs. Can this unexpected bond help them find a way through the impossible Only time (and a little help from a certain unconventional medicine) will tell.A story of human connection and that will leave you smiling, even through some tears. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798993270609
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. The Closing of the Day | Friendship in the Shadow of Goodbye | Eric V. Litsky | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025 | Eric V. Litsky | EAN 9798993270609 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 134513316
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