Review: Uncle Joe's Muse By Micah Thorp
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- May 25, 2022
Followers of literary fiction will find Uncle Joe’s Muse a fun, engrossing story of a struggling (yet still-aspiring) rock band filled with misfits who have failed in their roles as husbands and fathers, and are facing yet another failure with their musical careers in Uncle Joe’s Band. Enter twelve-year-old rebel Allison, who shows up on the porch
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