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The Sweetness in the Lime

The Sweetness in the Lime By (author): Stephen Kimber

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A clever love story set between Cuba, Miami, and Halifax, exploring the complexities of love at middle-age.

Eli Cooper is a resolutely single, fiftysomething newspaper copy editor. He spends his nights obsessing over reporters’ unnecessary “thats” and his days caring for a demented father he knows should be in twenty-four-hour care. Eli is too busy—and too self-absorbed—to acknowledge what’s missing in his life. But then, on a single day in February... Read More

A clever love story set between Cuba, Miami, and Halifax, exploring the complexities of love at middle-age.

Eli Cooper is a resolutely single, fiftysomething newspaper copy editor. He spends his nights obsessing over reporters’ unnecessary “thats” and his days caring for a demented father he knows should be in twenty-four-hour care. Eli is too busy—and too self-absorbed—to acknowledge what’s missing in his life. But then, on a single day in February 2008, Eli loses his job and his father. Alone and adrift, he begrudgingly accepts his sister’s gift: a two-week forget-it-all vacation to Cuba. After a series of misadventures, he meets Mariela—an off-the-books, thirtysomething tour guide—and falls in love. But does Mariela fall for Eli, or is he just her ticket to a new life? Eli and Mariela each have secrets they’re not ready to share—until they have no choice.

A bittersweet story that takes readers from Havana, to Halifax, to Miami, and back again, The Sweetness in the Lime is a charming, clever novel that peels back the rind to discover there really is sweetness in the lime of life.

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Page length: 272 Publication Date: 2020-10-05 Book themes: FICTION / Romance / Holiday,  Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited ISBN: 9781771089135

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ISBN: 9781771089135
Title: The Sweetness in the Lime
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Subject: FICTION / Romance / Holiday
Contributor: Stephen Kimber (CA)
Format: Paperback / softback | Trade paperback (US)
Price (CAD): 22.95
Publisher: Nimbus Publishing Limited
Imprint: Vagrant Press
ISBN13: 9781771089135
ISBN10: 177108913X
Publication Date: 20201005
Last Updated: 20201009
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<p><b>A clever love story set between Cuba, Miami, and Halifax, exploring the complexities of love at middle-age.</b></p>
<p>Eli Cooper is a resolutely single, fiftysomething newspaper copy editor. He spends his nights obsessing over reporters’ unnecessary “thats” and his days caring for a demented father he knows should be in twenty-four-hour care. Eli is too busy—and too self-absorbed—to acknowledge what’s missing in his life. But then, on a single day in February 2008, Eli loses his job and his father. Alone and adrift, he begrudgingly accepts his sister’s gift: a two-week forget-it-all vacation to Cuba. After a series of misadventures, he meets Mariela—an off-the-books, thirtysomething tour guide—and falls in love. But does Mariela fall for Eli, or is he just her ticket to a new life? Eli and Mariela each have secrets they’re not ready to share—until they have no choice. </p>
<p>A bittersweet story that takes readers from Havana, to Halifax, to Miami, and back again, <i>The Sweetness in the Lime</i> is a charming, clever novel that peels back the rind to discover there really is sweetness in the lime of life.</p>

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Weight 0.357 kg
Dimensions 8.5 × 5.5 in

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Stephen Kimber
Stephen Kimber

Stephen Kimber, an award-winning writer, editor, and broadcaster, is the author of 10 books, including two novels and eight works of nonfiction. A journalist for 50 years, he is a professor in the School of Journalism at the University of King's College in Halifax and co-founder of the King's MFA in Creative Nonfiction program.

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