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Jeremy Hance is a man who continues to grow older, but stubbornly refuses to grow up, with almost four full decades between the age printed on his driver’s license and the age he behaves around others. His poor wife still puts up with him every single day, even after more than fifteen years, for reasons no one can quite explain; neither of his long-suffering daughters were given a choice in the matter. He’s always lived in Washington, and his Seattle area home is filled with Legos, pinball, dog hair, laughter and love—and the occasional eighties hit, belted suddenly at full volume, for no obvious reason whatsoever. He once managed to adult for so long that the University of Washington was forced to give him a master’s degree, just so he’d f ...more

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