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Near Dwellers is a two-part work of fiction on the frailties that grow into strengths for families in a village neighbourhood.
Marcus Archer is tired of home, miserable in his environment, weary of the house he has lived in all his life. He wants to uproot himself and his family, move away from the neighbourhood. But he doesn’t get to do so.
Cam Parker is the neighbourhood’s most tragic orphan. He wants to come to terms with his disquieting past. He wants to feel at home and find comfort in the neighbourhood. To do so, he must leave.
The older Marcus Archer and the younger Cam Parker, on their different paths, with different sufferings and injuries, affect each other and the neighbourhood in ways that only time could tell – and heal.
In the end, home is never the same.
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YumikoSaya
