Slate
By Ernesto Burden
When Mike Clayton hears his father's voice on the phone saying, "I'm dying, I need you," his life changes. From 1990s Boston to his childhood home in the timeless small town in Vermont, Mike's return becomes an odyssey into the mortal mysteries of home, family and interdependence.
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Featured in New Hampshire Magazine’s “Local Books for Summer Reading.”
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Hippo Press: A Novel Discussion — https://hippopress.com/2021/11/the-art-roundup-21-11-25/
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About Ernesto Burden
Ernesto Burden is a novelist and longtime New England media professional whose career spans reporting, editing, digital media and publishing. He is the author of two novels and serves as president and CEO of Yankee Publishing, home of Yankee and The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
In Slate, a son’s return from Boston to his Vermont hometown becomes a story of family, mortality and the ties that bring us home.
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Meet the writer behind Slate in his own words: Ernesto reflects on his career in New Hampshire publishing in “Meet Our New Publisher.”