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Richard felt a strange sensation, one he experienced again years later with Trudy, when he would begin to suspect their marriage would never become the strong union he’d hoped for. The stories which reflect the lives of everyday people with their everyday disappointments is realistic in its depiction of struggle, acceptance, sacrifice and compromise.

The setting is Maine and the book unfolds through chapters that reveal the lives of these interconnected characters, but there is no Olive here. The comparison is both good and bad for this debut author. Those who like the works of Elizabeth Strout should enjoy The Road to Dalton. And that situation becomes worse when Nora moves in with the newlyweds and rejects all of Alice’s efforts to please her. While Nora expresses concern that her son was going to remain “one of those bachelor types,” she isn’t thrilled at all with Roger’s choice. Bev, who manages the care home, knows crotchety Nora, whose son, Roger, in his 40s marries and returns to Dalton with Alice, a much younger wife who hails from Southern Ma ine. While some of the characters are connected by marriage, there are others who are connected simply by location. He treats a young woman named Rose, whose abusive partner, Tommy, is a well-known, and much disliked troublemaker.

In this tight-knit town with very few outsiders, Dr Haskell knows all the residents, and has known them all their lives. To Bev and Trudy, the best part of their lives, the time when they can really be themselves is when they are together, but for Dr Haskell, it’s when he’s treating patients. Bridget has just had a baby and seems unable to cope, and Nate fills the ever-increasing gaps as well as he can. Bev’s son, Nate, the local cop, who is oblivious to his mother’s secret love, is married to Bridget, the daughter of the wealthy Fraziers, the owners of the local mill. To everyone else in Dalton, Trudy and Bev are just friends, best friends. He’s been such a wallower ever since he had to go on disability for his back a few years ago. The irritation of seeing Bill sprawled out in his chair starts to ebb from her veins.

#DR. MARIE LOUISE VON FRANZ SERIAL#

Bill was a serial cheater for years, but now he’s mostly parked: As a result, the Haskell’s marriage is sterile and lifeless. Richard is aware of the relationship it’s a “ strained agreement,” but Richard has accepted it. Trudy is married to the town Dr., Richard Haskell, while Bev is married to Bill. It’s 1990 and middle-aged, childless Trudy Haskell, the director of the town library, is in love with Bev Theroux, who works at a care home. Set in a small town in Northern Maine, Shannon Bowling’s novel, The Road to Dalton explores the lives of a handful of residents whose lives connect through love, loss, grief, disappointment, and violence.

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