Amazon.com description: Product Description: In his debut novel, Burns addresses the serious issues of alcoholism, divorce, and personal identity with equal parts of grit and humor. Set in rural Vermont during the 1968-69 academic year, Gemini is the story of one man’s desperate effort to salvage his life. Jack Scanlon returns to the place of his birth after an eighteen-year absence. Due to his excessive drinking, he has lost his wife and young daughter, and subsequently his engineering job. He has retreated to his native Vermont and taken a position as a high school science teacher, moving in with his uncle and aunt. Burns uses lively dialogue and descriptive writing to give the reader a clear picture of the 1960’s anti-establishment movement and the cultural attitudes of the time.