The Appearance of a Hero: The Tom Mahoney Stories Nature_Gift_Guide "I dare you to try

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The Appearance of a Hero: The Tom Mahoney Stories Nature_Gift_Guide "I dare you to try"Levine's stories are riveting and subtle, shot through with a muted wisdom and palpable compassion." ? Publisher's Weekly Tom Mahoney is the golden boy everyone knew in school: good looking, charming, an athlete sought after by women, the envy of men. His success in life seems a foregone conclusion. In The Appearance of a Hero, Tom navigates the passage into adulthood, his story chronicled from every perspective but his own. Tom crisscrosses the