01597cam a2200385 4500 306308062 TxAuBib 20111105120000.0 010502s2001||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 01088568 2001088568 9780679432470 0679432477 (OCoLC)317544608 TxAuBib Russo, Richard, 1949- Empire Falls / Richard Russo. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. 483 p. ; 25 cm. 483 pages ; 24 cm. "This is a Borzoi Book."--t.p.verso. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. Miles Roby, called back from college to the small town of Empire Falls in Dexter County, Maine to take care of his ailing mother, falls into a rut that keeps him trapped until years later when a series of revelations and tragedies jolts him back into an awareness of his life. Milo Roby tries to hold his family together while working at the Empire Grill in the once-successful logging town of Empire Falls, Maine, with his partner, Mrs. Whiting, who is the heir to a faded logging and textile legacy. Adult. 20010731. Fathers and daughters Fiction. Father-daughter relationship Fiction. Working class. Restaurants Fiction. Maine Fiction. TXMAR