The 11

<p>Roger Jakubiak isn't where he thought he would be at age 45: single predictable and working as an eighth-grade social studies teacher in the same Cleveland area school district from which he graduated. Now a suspected brain aneurysm enters the picture to remind Roger that his life is more than half-spent and that the vacuum at its center could only be filled by his first love Regina Tucci. Roger becomes obsessed with the idea of reconnecting with Regina after a 25-year absence.<br><br>Set primarily in the late 1970s and early 1980s THE 11:15 BENCH is a love story told by a wistful and often humorous first-person narrator.</p>