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Book Review of Walking Distance

Walking Distance
Walking Distance
Author: Marian Thurm
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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From the cover blurb: Laura is happily married, content in her routines, devoted to her four-year-old daughter, completely in love with her husband. Then one morning Laura's life is thrown into turmoil when David, a neighbor, suddenly declares his passion. David is dying of cancer and his pleaâfirst for company to ease his loneliness, and, ultimately, for commitment and loveâdraws Laura into a relationship that defies all her expectations, all her previous conceptions of herself.