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Shotgun Lovesongs
By Nickolas Butler
This is a tale about five friends from Little Wing, a small town in Wisconsin near Eau Claire.
Henry, Lee, Kip and Ronny are the four male characters in this novel. Beth, the only female, is married to Henry, but their lives are all intertwined.
A wedding brings the now 30-somethings together again. A secret is shared, and lives begin to fall apart.
Will a marriage persist? Will forever friends remain friends? You will find the answer when you read this well-written story.
Having grown up in small town America, I was really able to appreciate the closeness of their friendships. It is also a bonus to recognize places that are woven into the story.
I think you will remember these five friends for quite some time. This is Nickolas Butler’s first novel, and I feel he hit it out of the ballpark.
About the Author:
Nickolas Butler was born in Pennsylvania, raised in Eau Claire, WI and attended the University of UW Madison and also the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. He has held several jobs–coffee roaster, liquor store clerk, hot dog vendor, meat packer, bed and breakfast manager and a Burger King maintenance manager. He has since written other novels. He also has a column in the Eau Claire The Leader Telegram.
