Joyce James

1987 · réf. 101969 — New York: Viking. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1987. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Author team's third mystery features Denise Lemoyne; tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a seventy-six-year-old widower and a twenty-four-year-old college student.In A Civil Death John William and Joyce H. Corrington tell the story of an unlikely friendship between a seventy-six-year-old widower Everett and a twenty-four-year-old college student Cassie. Everett is a recluse who has been living in the same house for forty years and Cassie is a social outcast who has been kicked out of her home and is living on the streets. Despite their differences Everett and Cassie begin to share their lives and their secrets and the two become close friends. Everett teaches Cassie how to cook and how to garden and Cassie helps Everett to connect with his grandchildren. As they grow older Everett and Cassie face the prospect of their own death together and they learn to appreciate the momentousness of life. A Civil; 8vo; $6.50 . Viking hardcover