Unheralded

TIM MADIGAN: Anything Mentionable — Meet The People I’ve Known And Loved For So Long: My Debut Novel, ‘Every Common Sight,’ Available Now

It recently occurred to me that I’ve lived with the characters of my new novel almost as long as I’ve known my children. Wendell Smith, the haunted World War II veteran; his saintly wife, Selma; their son, William; Wendell’s steadfast sidekick, Francis; Claire Cavanaugh, the beautiful young woman with a secret of her own; Claire’s devoted husband, Larry. They are …