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    One From New York, Two From Minnesota
    One From New York, Two From Minnesota
    One From New York, Two From Minnesota
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    One From New York, Two From Minnesota

    By Gary Leon Zimmer

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    The owner of a small dating service is passionately driven to find mates for others while he remains safe and emotionally distant. He has caused pain to those he loves. His damage is visceral, hidden. Three friends, young career women, get to know him. Each begins a casual physical relationship with the singles guy as he is known to them. Each plays a part in the beginning process of healing his emotional damage. A true story of 'one from New York and two from Minnesota.'

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGary Leon Zimmer
    Release dateFeb 6, 2017
    ISBN9781370051908
    One From New York, Two From Minnesota
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    Gary Leon Zimmer

    The mid-size city of Yakima, Washington, was the spawning ground for both the late, internationally known Ray Carver, master of the quirky short-story, and Gary Leon Zimmer, author of 'One From New York and Two From Minnesota'. Carver and Zimmer grew up on the rougher eastside of Yakima, Carver without indoor plumbing and Zimmer in 'The House in the Alley between 1st and 2nd St. They were one year apart in school, Carver graduating from Yakima High School in 1956 and Zimmer, from the same school one year later. The small city of Yakima made little note of Carver's death. On the other side of an ocean, the London Times ran an obituary and a story about the immensely popular minimalist short-story writer. Carver's success came late in his life. He died in 1988 at the age of forty-nine. Zimmer is still writing. If you have comments you may review his story on Kindle or email him at: glzimm@earthlink.net

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      One From New York, Two From Minnesota - Gary Leon Zimmer

      One From New York, Two From Minnesota

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      Chapter 1 Singles Guy

      Chapter 2 One From New York, Two From Minnesota

      Chapter 3 One From Minnesota

      Chapter 4 New York, New York

      Chapter 5 Minnesota Two

      Singles guy

      There I was. Flying around Seattle in my red Fiat Spyder.

      Flying? The windshield wipers didn't work. Import Motors couldn't find the short and it was winter time, lotta rain! If I drove fast enough the wind wiped the windows clean and the tires barely touched the pavement.

      Burien, Ballard, Bellevue, Kent, Kirkland, Queen Anne, Capitol Hill, Madrona. I was the solution for

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