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“David Mainelli's people have nerves so frayed you pray for their vulnerable hearts page by steel-edged page. I see a book in flames. Truth and redemption are fighting under apocalyptic American skies. A holy book of domestic passions by a writer so fiercely graced with insights into the heart's naked chambers you just sit stunned."

Tom Paine author of A Boy’s Book of Nervous Breakdowns

Book cover titled 'How to Be Lively: Ten Stories' by Dave Mainelli with a black background and white and blue text.