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    Simple Hearts
    Simple Hearts
    Simple Hearts
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    Simple Hearts

    By Barry Rachin

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    Foul-mouthed Marna Copparelli, who waitresses at Guido's Pizza on Federal Hill, wouldn't know a semicolon from a large intestine. Luther Buttafuoco writes books that get reviewed in the New York Times literary section. He wants a date with Marna Copparelli. Good luck, Luther!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarry Rachin
    Release dateSep 1, 2010
    ISBN9781458077820
    Simple Hearts
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    Barry Rachin

    About the AuthorBorn in Boston, Massachusetts, Barry Rachin spent several years stationed in Yokuska, Japan as a Navy medic caring for casualties during the Vietnam War. He has studied at the University of Jerusalem, lived on a kibbutz for a year and holds a degree in clinical counseling from Simmons College. A self-taught woodworker, he presently lives in Attleboro, Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters.

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      Simple Hearts - Barry Rachin

      Simple Hearts

      by

      Barry Rachin

      SMASHWORDS EDITION

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      Simple Hearts

      Copyright © 2010 by Barry Rachin

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This short story represents a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

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      Drake Buttafuoco, who made deliveries and sometimes managed the counter at Guido's House of Pizza, had been sleeping on the couch at his brother Luther's apartment since his wife caught him cheating and threw him out.

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