The real world feels like another world now
Meander through the life of a 22-year-old American who recently finished a bookbinding apprenticeship and spends his days in a Dublin bookshop with a circle of loyal but concerned friends. Life in 1990s Ireland has given Simon all the freedom he's ever yearned for, except on the romantic front. There's no shortage of attractive suitors even in a mostly closeted city, but there is a shortage of gumption on Simon's part.
Year One: 1992
Meet Simon through the eyes of the Irish woman who finds him in a dreary Boston house and wishes she could raise him herself. Year One opens with Anita's brief prologue before diving into Simon's own diary entries. He relies more on his journal when he meets a strange, mournful woman in central Dublin and watches his best friend lose his heart. Maybe being on the outside of a grand love affair, looking in, is just what Simon needs to put his own difficult past behind him and find someone of his own.
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Year Two: 1993
Will 1993 open up the new chapter in Simon's life that he's been craving? Year Two is coming, so watch this space.
