Life on the Okanagan Indian Reserve in British Columbia, Canada in 1956 was for many a life of poverty, with barely enough to eat, no electricity, witLife on the Okanagan Indian Reserve in British Columbia, Canada in 1956 was for many a life of poverty, with barely enough to eat, no electricity, with seemingly no way towards a better life. This is a life we see through the innocent eyes of a young boy as he comes of age and to a realization of himself having faced the poverty, loss and grief, bullying and prejudice. Heartbreaking and gut punching as it should be . Relevant whether in Canada or in the U.S. today as the recognition of the injustices against First Nation people is so imperative. A notable debut novel.
I received a copy of this book from Touchwood Editions through Edelweiss.
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Life on the Okanagan Indian Reserve in British Columbia, Canada in 1956 was for many a life of poverty, with barely enough to eat, no electricity, with seemingly no way towards a better life. This is a life we see through the innocent eyes of a young boy as he comes of age and to a realization of himself having faced the poverty, loss and grief, bullying and prejudice. Heartbreaking and gut punching as it should be . Relevant whether in Canada or in the U.S. today as the recognition of the injustices against First Nation people is so imperative. A notable debut novel.
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Let me get this out of the way upfront before I say why I enjoyed this novel. The repetitive nature of the narration was bothersome . I get 3.5 stars
Let me get this out of the way upfront before I say why I enjoyed this novel. The repetitive nature of the narration was bothersome . I get that in the first part, it was important to bring the reader up to speed if they were reading this as a stand-alone and have not read Count the Ways. In fairness, I read the two books back to back so the events were fresh in my mind. The past looms large here, the effect of divorce on the family is an important part of the story, and I found that the constant repeating of things that took place in the past was a bit too much at times. BUT I have to give this 4 stars because there is so much here that touched me.
Maynard does a great job of setting the back drop of what is happening in the country. Following Eleanor and her family through 2010 - 2024, the events of the times are reflected as they were in the first book. The horrific mass shootings of Sandy Hook, Las Vegas, and Parkland, Covid, the politics of the time from Supreme Court nominations to the extreme politics that brought us to the attack on the Capital on Jan 6, 2021. All of this felt so close and it was easy to recognize and empathize with their emotions about these things.
As in most family sagas, there are sad and heartbreaking moments. There are some dark and ugly moments affecting the family with drug addiction, alcoholism, illnesses, and people who want to harm them by blackmail and greed. But all of this is tempered by tender moments of love, of the ties that bind no matter what through sickness and tough times. It’s about motherhood and the dilemma of how to be a good mother and still be the person you are. It’s essentially about people ultimately discovering who they are and accepting themselves and each other. In the first book, Eleanor was my favorite character, but her son Toby stole my heart here. I loved the Epilogue.
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It’s dark at times in 1972 in the small town of Park, Alabama, where everybody knows everything about you as is often the case in these small places. It’s dark at times in 1972 in the small town of Park, Alabama, where everybody knows everything about you as is often the case in these small places. A small place, but not immune to the things that happen to people everywhere. There are traumatic childhoods, suicides, a cancer diagnosis, alcoholism, a teen pregnancy, bullying, organized crime, violence. The darkness, though is tempered by moments of humor, moments of pure joy when a young girl sings, but mostly when she realizes that she is loved.
This is the story of a family. Some are family by virtue of birth, some are family born by connections of shared grief, of remorse and the desire for a second chance to do right, of the hope for reconciliation, of the desire to rekindle the love between a father and his daughter, of the goodness that people hold in their hearts and bring out at just the right time. A man named Jeremiah Taylor, “Nub”, an alcoholic becomes the unlikely heart of this family, another incredible character by Dietrich. This father, his cousin, his estranged daughter, a friend , his foster daughter and later a baby girl and another estranged father are the family. Sean Dietrich beautifully illustrates that love is what make you kinfolk.
So much violence. It’s difficult to read, but it’s imperative that this history be told . The inhumanity towards other human beings, the history of NaSo much violence. It’s difficult to read, but it’s imperative that this history be told . The inhumanity towards other human beings, the history of Native Americans. A history we know some about from knowing of Wounded Knee and Trail of Tears, but I had never heard of the Patawomeck tribe of Virginia , whose very existence the British attempted to obliterate in 1666. I can’t help but wonder how many more of these stories have not been told. This is an imagined account, but is based on documents and oral history of what might have occurred. This story of a few brave, bold and tenacious women is not for the faint of heart . When all the men were killed , the women and children were taken to Barbados as slaves, worked to death, raped and beaten. I was horrified at the abuse and squalor the women and children endured on the ship and the treatment they endured when they arrived.
Chapters alternate with what happened when the “Strangers” killed all the men of the tribe , kidnapped babies, and took the women and children as slaves with chapters of the peaceful, full life the tribe led before with their means of survival - hunting , fishing , planting , their rituals, the connection of family , reverence for the elders , caring of their children. There are alternating chapters of three women representing those whose strength and resilience were ultimately instrumental in the recognition over three and a half centuries later in 2010 of the Patawomeck as a Tribe of Virginia. These are characters to remember. Historical fiction like this teaches, touches and when it does its job jolts you into a better understanding . Heartbreaking, horrific and ultimately resilient . Lora Chilton gives a a stunning portrayal of the history of the tribe of which she is a member.
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2.5 stars Before this one I read four novels by Louise Erdrich and loved all of them . She’s a prolific writer and there are more I want to read . Bec 2.5 stars Before this one I read four novels by Louise Erdrich and loved all of them . She’s a prolific writer and there are more I want to read . Because I’ve enjoyed her writing and storytelling, I’m sorry to say I was disappointed in this one . It took way too long to connect with the characters and the story . I didn’t like any of the characters for most of the story, except Crystal. While I believed there is something important, Erdrich has to say here, I wasn’t able to see it as I waded through the daily lives of these characters.
Maybe it’s because I was preoccupied this week or maybe it was just my mood. I’m not sure , but I do know that I was not engaged as I was with other novels I loved by Erdrich such as The Night Watchman and LaRose which is one I’ll never forget. I warmed up to some of the characters, but not until close to the end . I thought Gary was just weird, but by the end felt for him . There’s a lot to dislike about Martin, Crystal’s husband until there are some revelations. I’m going to round up to three stars because of the quality of the writing, the recognition of dangers to the environment and I appreciated the ending . I just wish I had been able to engage sooner. This will absolutely not keep me from reading Erdrich’s other books. I still believe she’s a literary treasure.
I’m thankful I read this with Diane, my book buddy and I’m glad that it wasn’t just me.
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This novel is an imaginative telling of the art glassmaking through the centuries on the island of Murano off the city of Venice. Tracy Chevalier blenThis novel is an imaginative telling of the art glassmaking through the centuries on the island of Murano off the city of Venice. Tracy Chevalier blends history, the Murano and Venetian cultures, the role of women, family, the essence of life, death, love and all of this with one family at the center of it. The structure is fascinating as we follow the Rosso family over 500 years, and how their lives are affected by historical events bringing prosperity, plague, poverty, with the same characters positioned in various time frames, only a few years older even though decades have passed. With “time alla Veneziana”, the passage of time , like a “skipping stone”, they remain themselves just in a new time, each time the current time for them. It’s one of those stories where you just have to trust your imagination. I’m glad I did.
Orsola Russo from six to her sixties is a character to remember for her passion for the art of glass bead making even in times when women were forbidden from working with glass, for her perseverance, and for her dedication to family in times of prosperity and hardship. All of the characters are fully realized from Orsola’s strong and sharp mother to her brothers and sister in laws to the business connections in Venice and her loves.
So much happens here, but I prefer not to give plot details which you can find elsewhere. I can’t quite give it 5 stars as it felt a little too ambitious trying to cover all the decades and that resulted in some time frames dragging on a little and others glossed over from the Plague to Covid. However, I’ve read several of Chevalier’s novels and this is my favorite. A touching ending to say the least with a little of the “terrafirma” where time moves ahead not as “time alla Veneziana”. Recommended for Chevalier fans and historical fiction readers .
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Eighty three year old Helen has lost her loved ones and all she has left are her memories and her grief. But then her outlook on 3.5 stars rounded up.
Eighty three year old Helen has lost her loved ones and all she has left are her memories and her grief. But then her outlook on life suddenly changes as she rifles through a neighbor’s discarded items, looking for what - she isn’t sure. She does connect to a memory of her son when she finds a toy like one he had as a child and that was touching . But, it’s a mouse, who she names Sipsworth that makes all the difference in her life. The turning point, a poignant moment when she says that nothing can happen to her , otherwise Sipsworth will be alone. At that point, while I thought this would be a sweet, feel good story which I was hoping for, it felt predictable and a bit cliche.
But then I was hooked in the second half when Helen’s story is revealed and we learn things about her life before moving back to England from Australia . I loved how she connected with the other characters because of Sipsworth and how her loneliness and grief are replaced with purpose and hope when there seemed to be none, with people who care, with friendship, with people coming together for a common cause.
I’m a fan of Simon Van Booy’s beautiful writing and moving story telling and am making my way through his fiction. Glad I read this sweet story . I needed this feel good one !
I read with my book buddy, Diane .
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In 1907 the Panama Canal was being built offering opportunities for jobs, for adventure, for a different life . This intriguing novel provides a view In 1907 the Panama Canal was being built offering opportunities for jobs, for adventure, for a different life . This intriguing novel provides a view of this historic event, an enormous undertaking, which changed the world in many ways. Portraits of people going there from various places for various reasons as well as of some of the people of Panama and how their lives were impacted . A brave teenage girl leaves Barbados to go there to help earn money for her sister’s surgery. A man from the United States leaves with his wife to attain a scientific goal of eradicating malaria. A lonely teen age boy of Panama wants something of his own, to be with people to make connections. The story is in many ways about how these characters connect in ways that change their lives.
As a result of the focus on them and others, Cristina Henriquez gives us some great character studies, characters who I could easily connect with and feel for, as well as a great piece of historical fiction, a favorite genre. Although the novel was not as broad in scope, it was reminiscent of Paris by Edward Rutherford telling of the building of the Eiffel Tower, which similarly highlights the lives of ordinary people, who really are extraordinary.
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“The thing about my uncle was that I hardly knew him.”
It takes 14 year old Rhett Littlefield, the first person narrator of this coming of age novel a“The thing about my uncle was that I hardly knew him.”
It takes 14 year old Rhett Littlefield, the first person narrator of this coming of age novel a while to get to know his Uncle Theo. It also takes Theo a while to get to know Rhett, who is sent by his mother to stay with his uncle in his secluded home in Kentucky to get straightened out after he is thrown out of school. She also wants Theo to “see what he caused”.
The more they learn about each other, the more they connect was the thing that I loved most about this story, the beautiful, trusting relationship that develops. Things happened here that surprised Rhett and me as well. It was a little slow at first, but once the story evolved and we become privy to Theo’s past, the revelations about who he is - that’s when the story takes shape . Rhett’s past as well creeps into their lives and his intimate thoughts and memories are also revealing . I should mention it’s a little dark at times and there is some violence, but there is also love and support from Theo’s community of neighbors and friends in time of need. How these characters impact each other and what they come to mean to each other is touching and is the thing about this book that makes me recommend it .
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When I was offered a copy of Valerie Perrin’s debut novel which has recently been translated into English, I just couldn’t say no. I loved Fresh WaterWhen I was offered a copy of Valerie Perrin’s debut novel which has recently been translated into English, I just couldn’t say no. I loved Fresh Water for Flowers, which was sad and beautiful and I was so touched by it . This one is so incredibly sad at times , but I kept reading because I had a feeling that I would be in good hands with Perrin and that it would be tempered by the beauty of her writing and by lovely characters. I wasn’t disappointed.
This is a multilayered novel with different time frames, multiple points of view , multiple characters, although the main focus is on the life of a young woman named Justine who forges a special connection with the elderly residents of a nursing home where she works as an aid, and in particular a woman named Helene. There’s a story within a story as Justine writes about Helene’s past, a story that becomes complicated by war, by loss and grief, by memories and loss of memory.
There is so much depth to this short novel which reflects on so many things. It’s complex, but the pieces come together as a puzzle as the stories progress. I found it gripping . A young woman finds herself as she connects with Helene’s past, meets her own grief and revelations of her own family secrets. It’s not a light read, but worth it for the intensity and depth, the love and lives reflected here. Hard to believe this was a debut novel.
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Family dramas can compelling and in this second novel by Amy Jo Burns, we get great character studies, family interactions that are shocking at times Family dramas can compelling and in this second novel by Amy Jo Burns, we get great character studies, family interactions that are shocking at times as well as touching, which indeed made for compelling reading. Of course , there are secrets, too. The narrative from multiple points of view gives us a picture of outright dysfunction of the Joseph family, owners of roofing business in Mercury, a small town in PA. The arrival in town of seventeen year old Marley and her connection with them brings out the good and the bad in them over the eight year span of this novel. Some of them fall in love with her. Some of them dislike her or even despise her, but in truth, she is the best thing that happened to them. Marley wanting a family of her own, wanting a place at the table jumps in to this hot mess heart first.
Much of the time it’s hard to like this family, but when they falter, it feels so realistic, making me as sympathetic as I was angry at them. There’s Mick, the stern, overbearing , yet suffering from war, father and head of the business. Elise, the stoic mother who in spite of her distance holds them together until she no longer can. The three sons - Baylor, tough and trouble, Waylon, who loves Marley deeply, but can’t seem to loosen the hold this family has on him, and Shay, sweet and caring, trying to grasp his identity had my heart from the beginning . Of course, there’s Marley, someone to be reckoned with by this family as she becomes the glue that holds them together, a fine example of a strong woman. There were times, though that I felt she took too much of the burden on herself and it felt unrealistic at times that such a young girl could manage so much. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention Marley’s best friend Jade, the kind of friend we all hope to have.
This is about complicated family relationships, about wanting to have your own place in the world while at the same time being loyal and most importantly loved by your family. I read this because I loved the author’s debut novel Shiner, which I also recommend.
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When I finished reading Moon of the Crusted Snow, I was left wanting to know the fate of the characters , so I was glad to see there was a sequel. EvaWhen I finished reading Moon of the Crusted Snow, I was left wanting to know the fate of the characters , so I was glad to see there was a sequel. Evan and Nicole, First Nation people of the Anishinaabe tribe, their family and other families who “survived the collapse” have managed to keep on living a decade later in the bush in northern Ontario, Canada where they moved to after the lights went out at the rez. But sources of food are becoming scarce and it becomes clear that they need to find a new way to survive . A handful of people make the harrowing expedition to see what is south, to find the old homeland before moving the whole community to a place they call home. They encounter adversity, loss, bears and extremist militia groups who are pretty scary as they are into “some white power shit”. Scary because it’s relevant now. We never know what caused the power to go out, but it stands as a warning for sure. The adversity is tempered by bravery, hope, resilience, a dedication to their ancestry, friendship and love.
3.5 stars I don’t remember reading about the Gold Rush in a novel and definitely not in the Klondike. This is a fascinating adventure story. I’m not v3.5 stars I don’t remember reading about the Gold Rush in a novel and definitely not in the Klondike. This is a fascinating adventure story. I’m not very adventurous and perhaps that’s why I found it appealing. Gold, then later to oil, a man and his wife find their fortune in the Klondike and that fortune breeds greed, ambition, deceit, manipulation and some truly unlikeable characters .
I liked the writing especially the descriptions of the Klondike. This a family saga with dual time lines, the 1880’s and present. I found it interesting that the main characters are based on the author’s family and other real people. Even though I get the connections between the present and past stories, I felt removed from the present story. Maybe there wasn’t enough of it told to connect to the characters. I didn’t know much about them. Having said that, the recent story does put emphasis on the wrongs done to First Nations people which is an important take away of the novel.
This might have been 4 stars if the connection between the time lines was better executed. Still worth reading. It felt like an accurate reflection of the history. I found the Klondike sections fascinating and learned a lot.
This was my monthly read with Diane . We had been on a roll with 4 and 5 star books, but I guess we can’t love them all.
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“Here are people worth spending time with, not because they're perfect, but because they're not. What's wrong with them isn't nearly as consequential “Here are people worth spending time with, not because they're perfect, but because they're not. What's wrong with them isn't nearly as consequential as how hard they fight for a better life, and not just for themselves. You set the book down and think, ‘This is what we're made of.' Or should be." - Richard Russo . With an endorsement like this and by one of my very favorite writers who is master at portraying small town life and the characters who live there, I could not pass this one up . I’m so very glad I didn’t .
In a small town in Northern Ohio, its inhabitants are dealing with things that life throws at them. The novel, is comprised of multiple distinct points of view, deeply intimate in nature of people connected to each other as family, as coworkers, as friends, each carrying their own burdens. It’s a slice of life portraying the realities of how grief and loss take a toll on a family, the difficulties of managing a parent with Alzheimer’s, a teenager recognizing the dysfunction and abuse in a friend’s home, drug addiction, identity, loneliness, bullying, racism. Certainly some heavy and heartbreaking things, but all so realistic, so much so that my heart went out to these characters as if they were people I might know. A beautifully written story that reflects the hope that acceptance, friendship and love can go a long way in helping people to heal and deal with their personal burdens.
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One of the things I love to discover when reading an author’s note at the end of a novel is the inspiration for the story I have just read. In this caOne of the things I love to discover when reading an author’s note at the end of a novel is the inspiration for the story I have just read. In this case Christy Lefteri, while in Athens saw a wildfire in a village nearby, where hundreds of people had to flee their homes. Several years later it was another fire on the island of Evia, Greece that prompted this novel. “Woods and meadows, pine forests, olive groves, beehives and livestock and houses — all gone.” That place was where her research began, listening to people tell their stories as she saw the devastation, and tried to imagine “the forest that existed before the fire.”
It is in this context that Lefteri stunningly brings that experience to the reader . Through the character of Irini, we try to imagine the forest as it was before the fire in this story, life as it was in this idyllic place for the people who live there. The writing is exquisite as in Lefteri’s other novels . There’s a story within the story, a telling of what happened when the fire began, a cathartic telling in a fairy tale like way, within the story of the present which is the aftermath of the fire. Gut wrenching and heartbreaking losses of family, of homes , of people’s identities are vividly portrayed. She has a way of allowing the reader to feel the pain and the loss her artist husband experiences, a way of letting us see through the eyes of her little girl what this was like.
This is certainly a warning message, not an in your face one, but a a story that definitely is thought provoking. Beautifully written.
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3.5 stars My introduction to Laird Hunt was his powerful and moving story Neverhome. I loved Zorrie Underwood in his novel Zorrie. Those books made me3.5 stars My introduction to Laird Hunt was his powerful and moving story Neverhome. I loved Zorrie Underwood in his novel Zorrie. Those books made me want to read this one . But I’m sorry to say that the disjointed structure, a mix of dreams , letters, memories kept me from fully engaging. I did still find some of the wonderful writing I was expecting and I recognize there’s a beautifully sad love story to be found here, and there’s a connection to Zorrie . Life happens and maybe my concentration was impacted so I’ll blame it on that because Laird Hunt is an amazing writer and I will continue to follow his work.
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From the first time I read a story by Claire Keegan, I knew I wanted to read more by her. She writes quiet, impactful and thought provoking stories thFrom the first time I read a story by Claire Keegan, I knew I wanted to read more by her. She writes quiet, impactful and thought provoking stories that pull me in from the beginning, hold me through the end because I simply have to know what happens to her characters. She writes stories that have stayed with me.
I read the first and title story in this short collection as a stand alone published previously in the New Yorker . A character study of a man named Cathal, who made me angry, yet made me feel sorry for him at the same time. He’s a man I wouldn’t want to be married to. The middle story “The Long and Painful Death” is my favorite of the three. An introspective portrayal of a young woman writer coming into her own. Interesting to see how the process of her writing plays out. “Antarctica” is the final story of a woman wanting to escape a bit from her mundane life as a wife and mother. An ending I wasn’t expecting!
Claire Keegan is a master at writing character studies and it is pretty amazing how we can come to intimately know her characters in such short fiction. Besides this collection, I’ve read a couple of other stories and her novella Foster, which is my favorite. I also loved Small Things Like These. All are beautifully written.
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3.5 stars I loved Laird Hunt’s beautiful novel Zorrie which gave me a favorite character , and also Neverhome, which is thought provoking and moving. 3.5 stars I loved Laird Hunt’s beautiful novel Zorrie which gave me a favorite character , and also Neverhome, which is thought provoking and moving. There are a couple of others that were just okay, but because of those two novels I thought I’d give this collection a try. I have to admit I was tempted to put it aside after reading the first few pages focusing on how Candy forgot to buy the paprika for the deviled eggs and how much she enjoyed dollioping the mayonnaise. But then the townspeople began to come to life and there’s more than just forgetting the paprika going on . It’s not an in your face telling, but a more subtle one like when we quietly learn what happened to her friend Irma .
It’s a day in the life of the people of this small town in Indiana, connected to each other as is the case in many small towns. While Candy is stressing over her paprika, Turner is stressing over not having his zinnias in . But there’s more that this retired custodian is interested in than his flowers. It was sweet. Gladys has had it with her husband and seeks solace by hiding in the cornfields. There are a total of 14 stories told from the points of view of 14 of the town’s residents, some of whom are part of each other’s narrative. I loved that Zorrie makes an appearance.
I can’t say that I connected with all of the characters, but still think it was worth reading. I’m hoping that Hunt writes more characters like Zorrie or Ash in Neverhome .
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Daniel Mason writes beautifully so I wasn’t surprised to be drawn in with the first sentence since I loved the writing in The Winter Soldier and The PDaniel Mason writes beautifully so I wasn’t surprised to be drawn in with the first sentence since I loved the writing in The Winter Soldier and The Piano Tuner. In this imaginatively written book he connects the stories of multiple characters to a place and a solitary house in the north woods of Massachusetts. The characters become bound to the natural surrounding and to each other over time. The descriptions need to be reread at times just because. The format is a blend of stories, songs, letters, an article by a true crime writer. It is though, gruesome at times, dark at times, even creepy.
I can’t say that I was taken by every story, though. Yet it feels as if there is something profound here about the linking of the past to the present, a regeneration of the land and the trees through centuries. I loved where it began and ended, just not every story in between. While I was emotionally connected in the beginning to the young Puritan couple who started it all, I didn’t fully connect with all of the characters moving forward until the last chapter centuries later whose affinity and love for the woods of the past provides a stunning ending. In spite of the shortcoming for me, it’s 4 stars because the writing carries it .
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I was drawn to Paulette Jiles’ writing style and storytelling from the first book I read by her, News of the World. She has a way of pulling the readeI was drawn to Paulette Jiles’ writing style and storytelling from the first book I read by her, News of the World. She has a way of pulling the reader into her novels right from the beginning and taking them to the place and time. She brings her characters to life in such a way it’s as if you knew them. This is historical fiction at its best as she depicts the lawlessness and chaos of the post Civil War through the story of a Union soldier. John Chenneville returns home to St. Louis and he finds that a horrific act of violence has struck his beloved sister and her family at the hands of a vile man, named Dodd. He becomes obsessed, determined to hunt Dodd down seeking revenge. His journey takes him on a tough road to Texas, meeting and connecting with good people, with bad people as well, along the way.
With each leg of the trek, we learn more about him as the story is told in such an intimate way. With each page I liked John more, such a decent man in how he treats the people he meets. Definitely worthy of a literary crush. I rooted for him the whole way, wanting him to catch Dodd who deserved what was coming to him . Yet , I didn’t want John to have to bear the burden of committing murder, to give up his life and what it could be, wanting him to find solace and a good life moving forward. This is how good a storyteller Jiles is, making you care about her characters so much. It’s beautifully written, so descriptive, but you won’t find any flowery language here, just stunning prose and characters to remember. John Chenneville is one who will remain with me, as did Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd in News of the World and Adair Randolph Colley in Enemy Women. I have a few more to get to because I want to read them all.
I read this with Diane as our monthly read together and we continue to be on a roll. I received an advanced copy of this book from William Morrow/HarperCollins through Edelweiss....more
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