uncommon pattern

Author Name: Tom Hanks

An Eastern European immigrant arrives in New York City after his family and life have been torn apart by the civil war in his country. A woman trying to adjust to life in a new neighborhood after her divorce. A World War II veteran dealing with his physical and emotional scars. A small-town newspaper columnist chronicles his old-fashioned thoughts about the contemporary world. Four friends travel to the moon and back in a spaceship they built in their backyard. These are some of the characters and situations that the most famous American actor, Tom Hanks, addresses in his first book of seventeen stories. Here, we will see Hanks examine with precision, passion, wit, and wisdom the human condition in all its imperfections. In each story, we will see a typewriter play some role, sometimes marginal, sometimes essential. For many, typewriters represent a level of craftsmanship, beauty, and individuality that has become very difficult to We encounter it in our world now."