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    The Good Life
    The Good Life
    The Good Life
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    The Good Life

    By Jim Fusilli

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    A grieving man confronts his past, present and future when he brings his young grandson to a ghostly diner known as The Good Life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJim Fusilli
    Release dateOct 23, 2019
    ISBN9781393201601
    The Good Life
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    Jim Fusilli

    Jim Fusilli is an author and journalist.  His current novel, THE MAYOR OF POLK STREET, is available exclusively through Audible.

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      The Good Life - Jim Fusilli

      The Good Life

      Jim Fusilli

      Published by Jim Fusilli, 2019.

      This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

      THE GOOD LIFE

      First edition. October 23, 2019.

      Copyright © 2019 Jim Fusilli.

      ISBN: 978-1393201601

      Written by Jim Fusilli.

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      THE GOOD LIFE

      About the Author

      THE GOOD LIFE

      by Jim Fusilli

      HIS GRANDSON SETTLED across from him, Thom sat facing north where in the distance the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building shimmered in the June sun. He looked through the sun-streaked windows. A fashion model in layers of winter clothes posed on a concrete island between West Broadway and Varick – the photographer wanted in the frame the blur of yellow cabs as they charged by in an unruly race. An ordinary Saturday afternoon in lower Manhattan, though not so ordinary after all.

      It’s upside down, Tommy, he said to his grandson. The menu. Turn it around.

      The four-year-old did as instructed. He was a determined boy

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