First, remember that on July 22, you should go to Fran's house!
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are two copies in Contra Costa Library, both checked out at this point.
However, there are dozens available through LINK+, so there is that
option. It is available on Kindle for $12.99, but there are used copies
on Amazon for a penny and the minimum shipping of $3.99.
Here is a bit of Amazon's review:
One man's simple, colloquial meditations on his past, his family, and
his life's daily minutia are the substance of Nicholson Baker's A Box of Matches.
Feeling that life is passing him by, Emmett, a middle-aged medical
textbook editor, decides to wake up early each day to sit by a fire in
his country house and record his thoughts in a diary. "Good morning,"
Emmett begins, "it's January and its 4:17 a.m., and I'm going to sit
here in the dark." From this vantage point, Emmett reflects
stream-of-consciousness style on whatever occurs to him, no matter how
mundane: his recent trip to Home Depot, how he met his wife, the habits
of the family duck.
