![]() ![]() None of them are perfect, and they’re all struggling with things that we can relate to. It seems like a new factory closes somewhere in my area weekly (not really, but it’s not been great) and these characters felt like neighbors. That’s because as I read the book, I didn’t really feel like I was reading fiction. I’m finding this to be a really hard review to write. ![]() Miles feels as if he’s the only skeptic, watching from behind his counter as his town is slowly sinking. There are constantly rumors about new buyers for the factories. Empire Falls still has a tightly-knit, optimistic community though. This once-thriving industrial town is dying now that the factories have all closed. Miles Roby is the manager of The Empire Grill in the heart of Empire Falls, Maine–or what’s left of it, anyway. ![]()
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