Miles is the usual everyman character that the average reader can identify and sympathize with. Elsewhere is where fifteenyearold liz hall ends up, after she has died. The celebrated bestselling novelist recalls his late mothers powerful, often frustrating influence on his life and work. Few authors do male vulnerability as well as richard russo. In the year 2002, richard russo was awarded a pulitzer award for empire falls. Elsewhere is a memoir and a bravura essay, a meditation on negotiating flaws.
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