One Hundred Miles from Manhattan

<b>Voted by IndieReader as a Best Book of 2014.</b><br><br><b><i>One Hundred Miles from Manhattan</i></b> is a novel about an upscale rural community (Wellington, NY) , where the hills and the seemingly quaint village conceal lives of love, lust, adultery, tragedy and small wars.<br><br>Unlike other novels in the pastoral tradition, which tell the story of a place and a time through the eyes of a single character, this modern novel uses 10 narrators, a different one per chapter, to shed light on this exclusive community.<br><br>In Wellington, a trophy wife undergoes a shocking transformation. A medical doctor attracts his own destruction. A local bachelor steals a dog and has an epiphany. A town Casanova goes on a personal odyssey to make amends. And a Manhattan book editor reveals what it's like to be a first-time visitor to this rarefied world of wealth, horses and equestriennes.<br><br>To this exquisitely written novel, Chris Orcutt brings his meticulous craft and his talent for writing in multifarious voices and styles, all while exposing a world of massive estates, rolling green hills, hilltoppers, townies, celebrities, hopes, dreams, sex, and the fleeting promises of love...