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...Dial Street...
Marti Leimbach's new novel, Sun Dial Street, explores the depth and permanence of this filial "tattoo" and weaves it into the fabric of her witty and sensitive novel with literary innovation. After penning Dying Young, which won her critical acclaim, Leimbach creates an equally bittersweet story that sparks the reader's imagination with its details and elicits a sense of identification with its down-to-earth depiction of events...
...narrates the story. The novel unfolds when, some years later, Sam visits them for the first time since their departure from Rhode Island. To him, his manic depressive mother--who likes to call herself "Jewel"--and his rebellious younger sister, Ginny, live in a turbulent household on Sun Dial Street. Their lives are filled with chaos and animosity...
...Leimbach's second novel, Sun Dial Street, is an affecting, amusing and unpredictable blend of characters and events that ring true in the minds of readers when they enter the realm of the chaotic Haskell family. This book marks an achievement for this young author, and if this is just the chrysalis, you had better be prepared for some fascinating future attempts...
...California Public Employees' Retirement System, known as Calpers, the nation's largest public pension fund, sent letters to 12 corporations, including American Express, ITT and Dial (formerly Greyhound). One by one, senior executives from each company paid a visit to Calpers' Sacramento headquarters to negotiate with its chief, Dale Hanson. American Express boss James Robinson, for instance, immediately bowed to Calpers' demands that the company set up an independent compensation committee. Only Dial has so far refused to meet with Calpers...