Safety Tips for Living Alone
Jim Shepard
Electric Literature’s Recommended Reading Book #133.
In Safety Tips for Living Alone, Jim Shepard weaves the stories of four families whose lives are upended when the men go to work on a dangerous and isolated surveillance platform off the coast of Long Island.
Among the team of military personnel and civilians joining Phelan aboard the platform are Roy Bakke, Wilbur Kovarick and Louie Laino, three strong and dutiful men trying to ensure better lives for their families.
When a powerful storm approaches the Tower, the four men — and everyone on board — must face their increasingly probable deaths.
Estimated reading time: 23 minutes. Number of pages: 27.
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