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Clear Heart
Carpenters and craft, friendship and rivalry: Wally is building a mansion for a dot-com multimillionaire in the Silicon Valley of California. As the dot-com's stock keeps rising, the size of the house - and the owner's ego - keep growing. Wally and his colorful crew may be into something that's over their heads. When little guys work for bigshots, who gets nailed?From bungling to burglary, from demolishing concrete to racing beltsanders, from love of tools to falling in love, everyone will encounter Wally's Laws of Construction - or are they Laws of Life? Each house, it seems, is a miracle.Joe Cottonwood is a contractor in the Silicon Valley of California where he has been building houses - and fixing homes - for over 30 years. He is the author of FAMOUS POTATOES and other novels.
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Episode 32 : Afterword.
The complete song, a deleted scene, and bloopers.
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Episode 31: Chapters 62, 63, and 64.
Death in the face.
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Episode 30: Chapters 60 and 61.
Final inspection, not quite as planned: Of betrayal and bolts and buying at the body store.
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Episode 29: Chapters 58 and 59.
The other planet.
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Episode 28: Chapters 55, 56, and 57.
Thirty gold coins.
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Episode 27: Chapter 54.
Who did this to you? Was it that awful man?
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Episode 26: Chapters 52 and 53.
The Archimedes Freak: Abe hugs a teddy bear, hires a vandal, plans his future, and reserves a right.
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Episode 25: Chapters 49, 50, and 51.
Freudian crap. Sweet Jesus. A pubic hair, a proposal, and a ponytail.
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Episode 24: Chapter 48.
Everybody's gotta choose their own neighborhood.
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Episode 23: Chapter 47.
A middle age kind of love.
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Episode 22: Chapters 45 and 46.
Roof repair with a side of philosophy. Red light, green light. And a long journey begins.
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Episode 21: Chapters 43 and 44.
At least they're clean...
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Episode 20: Chapter 42
Everybody hates California. Why? I don't know. We just do.
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Episode 19: Chapter 41
Upon learning that one is not worth screwing.
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Episode 18: Chapters 38, 39, and 40
The scent of concrete.
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Episode 17: Chapters 35, 36, and 37
Crappy apologies.
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Episode 16: Chapters 33 and 34
Don't have a hairy neck. I believe in handshakes. Tooth-brushing at home.
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Episode 15: Chapters 31 and 32
Of watermelons thrown, conceived, or smashed.
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Episode 14: Chapter 30
In which a heart is cleared, at least for a while.
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Episode 13: Chapters 28 and 29
Wally, the designated grown-up.
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Episode 12: Chapter 27
In which we learn the proper use of a fork.
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Episode 11: Chapters 25 and 26
Juke haunts Lenora. And something is haunting FrogGirl...
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Episode 10: Chapters 23 and 24
A planet in virgin hands. A working-class kind of a guy. And Opal examines the 'ick'.
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Episode 9: Chapters 21 and 22
A burglar is burgled, and a great old nailgun transforms into a punchy young woman.
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Episode 8: Chapters 19 and 20
Abe's graduation, and the uses of bat guano
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Episode 7: Chapters 16, 17, and 18
Juke introduces Abe to tequila, and Opal introduces Wally to a new form of sex.
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Episode 6: Chapters 13, 14, and 15
Juke goes plumb and true, Abe builds a gazebo, and everybody races belt sanders.
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Episode 5: Chapters 11 and 12
Of furbelow, seduction, and salvage.
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Episode 4: Chapters 8, 9, and 10
A meeting of uncute people, and Abe's first day of work.
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Episode 3: Chapters 6 and 7
We meet Anton Krainer, boy wonder, his mistress Lenora from Gomorrah, and a preppie who is perched on a rooftop.
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Episode 2: Chapters 4 and 5
Wally has 15 minutes of unwanted fame, and Opal embarks on a mission.
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Episode 1: Chapters 1, 2, and 3
Wally gets nailed, and Juke catches an intruder.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Carpenters and craft, friendship and rivalry: Wally is building a mansion for a dot-com multimillionaire in the Silicon Valley of California. As the dot-com's stock keeps rising, the size of the house - and the owner's ego - keep growing. Wally and his colorful crew may be into something that's over their heads. When little guys work for bigshots, who gets nailed?From bungling to burglary, from demolishing concrete to racing beltsanders, from love of tools to falling in love, everyone will encounter Wally's Laws of Construction - or are they Laws of Life? Each house, it seems, is a miracle.Joe Cottonwood is a contractor in the Silicon Valley of California where he has been building houses - and fixing homes - for over 30 years. He is the author of FAMOUS POTATOES and other novels.
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Carpenters and craft, friendship and rivalry: Wally is building a mansion for a dot-com multimillionaire in the Silicon Valley of California. As the dot-com's stock keeps rising, the size of the house - and the owner's ego - keep growing. Wally and his colorful crew may be into something that's...
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