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""Deeply imagined and heartfelt."" Will Weaver, author of Sweet Land How can we go back and do it all again? A neurodivergent ticketmaster struggling with his ended marriage, a willful teenager searching for truth about her past, and a teacher harboring a painful regret: each passes through the Wisconsin train station one Friday in 1970. Their encounters, though seemingly serendipitous, are far from accidental; yet none of them realizes how deeply their lives have been shaped by one another. For years, the depot has offered Lincoln an escape from his troubled past. But now, with the trainline left in question-and in an era when disorders like his are often left undiagnosed-Lincoln must search for new ways to understand who he is. Rose, his fierce and faithful mother, has orchestrated her son's life for years. In her close inner circle is the secretary who helped uncover devastating corruption at their psychology office. Now, the exposing of long-hidden secrets means facing life-changing choices-some seeped in regret. Both somber and uplifting, unsettling and still, the healing of Lincoln and those he encounters builds in pace like the train at the heart of the story-and arrives at the destination of a gut-retching dilemma: How do we make peace with time?

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""A fascinating and evocative story"" Katherine Scheil, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Professor of English ""A masterfully written story of all the challenges and victories one experiences as a person who is neurodivergent. Tierney describes Lincoln's world in exquisite detail."" Rachel Arntson, Speech Language Pathologist (retired) and Creator of Talk It Rock It speech products ""In clear, uncluttered writing, Tierney unfolds the rich, inner lives of small town, quiet-living people. Think Jon Hassler and Judith Guest, distilled even finer. If The Train Arrives is deeply imagined and heartfelt."" Will Weaver, author of Sweet Land and Power & Light ""Poetic-like . . Gripping and thought-provoking. If The Train Arrives is both heartbreaking and heartwarming, a story readers will love!"" Christine Husom, bestselling author of the Winnebago County and Snow Globe Shop Mysteries ""If The Train Arrives paints an exquisite picture of life in our beautiful Midwest."" Madison Miller, Representative for Maxim's at the original Oconomowoc train depot

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Heather Fellin Tierney is the author of the novel The Freedom of a Tangled Vine and a writing contributor to Grown and Flown, Moms of Tweens and Teens, Your Teen Magazine, and Motherly. She teaches high school and college-level literature through the University of Minnesota. Heather received her Masters in English at St. Cloud State University. She lives in the Midwest. Visit www.ifthetrainarrives.com.

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