Name: Past Due
Author: Jeff Vaala
ISBN: 9780878394050

Published:

Sep-2010
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Main Genre:

General Fiction
Pages:

320
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"Bills . . . Babies . . . Dreams. Every person has expectations that haven t yet happened, hopes built from the asperations of high school seniors. Job? Family? Wealth? Travel? Purpose? Set in suburban Minneapolis, Past Due focuses on mid-thirties Charlie Thorpe and his circle of friends, neighbors, and former high school classmates as they stand on the precipice of mid-life. Kids, jobs, mortgages, bills everything fills their suburban lives with purpose or vacillation, fulfillment or disappointment, joy or anxiety. But the suburbs aren t as laid-back and serene as they appear. These six Gen-X ers all have secrets and dreams waiting to bubble to the surface: scandals, hidden agendas, a shady business deal, marital infidelity, high school crushes that haven t died, and a child caught in the middle. Then death forces them to face their mortality . . . and everything else. Looking back, high school graduation represents the midpoint of their current lives. Looking forward, they face mid-life. But they have choices: Be content with the life they ve produced so far or create something new, rediscovering their hometown, their friends, and even themselves."