Exit Garden State -- John Hennessy, Paperback Reference This sweet story is the

This sweet story is the perfect read all year long and is a celebration of the joy of reading and a love of books

they aim to briefly escape the problems of their lives and reconnect with one another

Bruni writes with humor

This story explores the power of friendship and the pain of growing apart

Exit Garden State -- John Hennessy, Paperback Reference This sweet story is theJohn Hennessy's Exit Garden State never strays far from family life as it ranges from childhood in New Jersey's industrial corridor to mid life in the woods of New England, from Rahway prison's sullen grey dome, Newark's steel flyway, to Lisbon's labyrinths and miradouros, from the smooth volcanic peaks of the Cyclades to his dead in Dublin. Keenly mindful of their ancestors and the immigrations that have brought them here, the speakers of these