“Mark Jespersen’s sweet, funny memoir is a joy to read and takes us back to a tender and more innocent era when kids safely roamed the streets in search of adventure and found plenty!”

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— MEG KISSINGER is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of the best-selling memoir, While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence. An editors’ choice recommended by The New York Times.

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“I loved your book! I’ve read every ‘growing up in Wilmette’ memoir ever written, and yours outshines them all. Gently witty and sharply observed, I enjoyed it thoroughly”

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–- PATRICK LEARY ex-Director and Curator for over two decades at the Wilmette History Museum and co-author with by Kathy Hussey-Arntson of the book, Wilmette.

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“Mark Jespersen’s recollections will transport you to a place where you yearn to settle in and stay awhile. This masterful family saga is such a delight to read that once you finish, you’ll want to begin all over again.”

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–- CATHERINE MADISON is the former editor-in-chief of Utne Reader. Her poignant memoir, The War Came Home with Him, was a Midwest Book Award Finalist and winner of the INDIEFab Book of the Year.

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“Mark Jespersen’s The End of the Line is a remarkable sketch of a lively household on the outskirts of Chicago in the post-war forties and fifties. Especially for us baby boomers, these vivid childhood memories are a treat: Nostalgia richly told by a master storyteller.”

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–- SUSAN KELLAM is the author of Brilliant Disguise, a heartbreaking and engaging coming-of-age memoir. Kellam started her career in journalism at Rolling Stone magazine, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Washingtonian magazine, Congressional Quarterly, and The Baltimore Sun.

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“The End of the Line is a charming, engaging memoir that paints a vivid picture of a young boy finding his way while growing up in mid-century middle America. I truly enjoyed reading this warm and witty tale.”

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–- ELLEN BAKER is the author of Summerland Cove and The Hidden Life of Cecily Larson.

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