Simple Hearts

By Barry Rachin

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!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Barry Rachin
• Release date: Oct 17, 2019
• ISBN: 9781458077820

Barry Rachin

Born 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

Published by Barry Rachin, 2019.

This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

SIMPLE HEARTS

First edition. October 17, 2019.

Copyright © 2019 Barry Rachin.

ISBN: 978-1458077820

Written by Barry Rachin.

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Simple Hearts

Simple Hearts

by

Barry Rachin

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. That was a week ago last Tuesday. Drake called Lois every day, but she left the answering machine on and refused to return his whiny messages.

A dark-haired girl with a nice figure waitresses over at Guido's. Luther was standing in his pajamas, an unwaxed strand of dental floss dangling from his left hand. In his early thirties, he was a skinny wisp of a man with a pencil moustache that never quite filled out no matter how long he left it untrimmed. His brown hair hung limp like a third-rate toupee, a bad joke of a hairpiece. Luther wasn't so much ugly