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1950s Montreal. A young woman from a working class, Catholic-Jewish family blindly falls in love with a handsome, wealthy, Jewish orthodox man. The courtship is a romantic dream, but class, religion and family secrets test their love, leading to a shocking, life-changing revelation. “A bittersweet story of love and loss set in one of the most colorful cities on the planet in its ﬁlm-noirish heyday.” - Peter Behrens, author of Law of Dreams and The O’Briens Echo from Mount Royal Dave Riese 336 pages Paperback, perfect bound, creme paper matte cover, b & w, 5.5 x 8.5 $16.95 Language: English FIC000000 : Fiction : General FIC014000: Fiction : Historical ISBN-978-1-939166-57-9 Available January 2015 Dave Riese has always enjoyed listening to the stories friends tell him about their childhoods and early family lives. One day, an elderly friend told him a shocking account of her engagement as an 18-year-old girl in 1950s Montreal. What began as a fascinating story told over a morning cup of coffee became a novel of a young woman caught up in a strange romance. A 1968 graduate of Bates College in Maine, Dave began writing ﬁction during his four years in the US Air Force. He has published short stories on ﬁction websites. Dave grew up in the Boston suburbs where he lives with his wife. www.daveriese.com 5-1012 11

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