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Watching the Grass Grow Kindle Edition
Two short stories about subway delays, jury duty, and how love rushes in when life stands still.
They say you shouldn’t make eye contact with a stranger on the subway in New York City. It may not be an actual violation of the subway system code of conduct, but still. Lisa and Geoff, two strangers smushed together on a crowded E train, break that code when their train unexpectedly stops. Their conversation is the perfect antidote to the boredom and frustration of the delay. And more than the broken AC is to blame for the rising heat between them. When the train moves again, Lisa wonders if they should go back to behaving like strangers. But what if their paths were meant to cross?
Tom—middle-aged, divorced, and out of work—needs to get a life. Instead, he gets a juror summons. Hardly expecting to ‘find himself’ while fulfilling his civic duty, he sets a single goal for the day: persuade the judge to exempt him from being picked for a jury.
Time had stood still in the juror lounge. It begins to spin backward when he reconnects with Susan, a fellow juror and his middle school crush. Before long, he’s back under her spell. Could a man in his current position interest her? When she swipes through a dating app in front of him, she indicates the answer is no. With nothing else to lose, Tom prepares to sacrifice the one goal he has in order to capture her attention.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateOctober 11, 2017
- File size5400 KB
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- ASIN : B076F4BGGR
- Publisher : MiddleRun Press (October 11, 2017)
- Publication date : October 11, 2017
- Language : English
- File size : 5400 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 37 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #16,761 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #37 in Women's Short Stories
- #131 in One-Hour Romance Short Reads
- #338 in Contemporary Women's Fiction
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Diane Michaels is a professional harpist and author. She balances her fondness for ice cream with her enjoyment of working out and walking through the woods. When she is not spying on the world from behind her harp to collect ideas for her next book, she and her husband make up stories and songs for and about their miniature poodle, Lola. You can find our more about Ms. Michaels at dianemichaelsbooksandharp.com Click the follow button to be notified about her new books.
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- Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2021I highly recommend these brief, charming reads. With realistic characters and situations with solid writing these make for enjoyable, satisfying reads.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2020Well crafted, thoughtful short stories filled with charm, humor, and characters you can relate. Look forward to reading more from this
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- Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2021A quick afternoon read. Well written. Both stories offer possibilities of good things to come after a unexpected encounter. A girl encounters a possible someone on a subway on her a home is the first story. The second story involves a gentleman who is called up for jury duty and encounters a girl he had a secret crush on many years ago in school. Ahh possibilities of nice things to come. Sweet.
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