Des Moines

By Alfio Giovannini

In the spring of 1986, Julian and Virginia Watson, a retired couple, live on the top floor of the Excelsior, an old apartment building on the edge of downtown Des Moines. Mrs. Watson suffers from... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1604411295
• ISBN13: 9781604411294
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Publishamerica Inc
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 0.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to decieve. Sir Walter Scott

A fine character study of an older, loving couple and their having to deal with the wife's severe agoraphobia, which keeps her housebound in an old three-story apartment building--the Excelsior in downtown Des Moines. Separate attempts to surprise each other with a loving gift evolves into a somewhat chilling turn of events that will include all the residents, and a few kind strangers who are pulled in along the way. It's a story of love and intrigue which allows the reader a wonderful visit into the hearts of many fine people who care for and protect each other.