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Originally Posted by The Gazette
Redmond, OR – Recently published and now available through Amazon, “The Wall(s)” is a fast-paced hysterically funny yet heartfelt novella that follows the life of a well-meaning couple as they approach and navigate retirement. Where do they first choose to spend their golden years? The Villages, a place the author, Dave Lutes, obviously knows well. Before becoming expats, Dave
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For ECONOMIC REASONS they chose to leave here after three years and move to a seaside villa near (high crime) Mazatlán, Mexico, while also maintaining their home in (more expensive than here) Central Oregon? Maybe “economic reasons” meant “because the economy has been good to us and we can afford it.”
Perhaps worth noting that this is a self-published “novella” (a little novel), not a novel. 307 pages, but with type I could read from six feet away in an optometrist’s office. I’ve written a number of books and edited more and taught writing, so I’m not without expertise. I read what is available free on online. I was not impressed by the quality of the writing or the humor. I didn’t smile. I wish I could praise it. By the way, the first line of the Gazette review—not in quotes—is a rip-off of a sentence from a review online that IS in quotes.