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Smart, likable, Bernie Fine was the wonder boy ofWolff's, New York's most glamorous departmentstore. A senior VP moving up, he arrives in SanFransisco to open a West Coast store. His career isskyrocketing, but his life is lacking a center.When he looks into the wide, innocent eyes offive-year-old Jane O'Reilly, and then into the equallyenchanting eyes of her mother, Liz, Bernie knowshe has found what he has been looking for. Berniethought he had found love to last a lifetime, butwhen Liz is stricken with cancer shortly after the birth oftheir first child, time becomespainfully short. Alone with two children, Berniemust face the loss and learn how to move on. Newpeople, new experiences, a new life alone with twokids. He meets it with courage and humor, andlearns some of life's hard but precious lessons as hedoes.


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