May Book Club: Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

Thank you LuAnn for a wonderful discussion on such an interesting topic. We all enjoyed reading Proof of Heaven and found many comforting and uplifting concepts to talk about. The idea of Love, pure unconditional love found in his NDE and the idea that love and compassion towards our fellowman would solve many of our earthly problems is spot on. It was a great book to share with us.

We loved meeting Phyllis and Debbie and hope you will come back. We really love getting together and talking about…well, just about anything.

Margaret will be hosting our next meeting on Tuesday May 7th at 7PM.  Her book pick is:

                           

Goodreads review says:   Called a "magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom" by Howard Frank Mosher in "The Washington Post Book World," "Crossing to Safety" has, since its publication in 1987, established itself as one of the greatest and most cherished American novels of the twentieth century. Tracing the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, it is a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage.

A Goodreads reader says:   I liked this even better than Angle of Repose, his Pulitzer winner. Stegner's descriptions of people and places put me in the story and drive me to tears and smiles. I can practically smell the New England hardwoods and hear the creaks of doors and old floors. This is a gem of a story about two couples--their relationships, their friendship, and their lives--told across decades. The truths he tells about marriage and friendship are sometimes beautiful and sometimes merely hard to read, but always poetic and worthwhile. I say truths, because if you're married or if you have a friendship that has stretch over time like this, you'll see yourself and your spouse/friends reflected in the story at some point. Great book.

Some upcoming books we will be reading are:                                  June 4th: The Honest Truth about Dishonesty by Dan Ariely    July 30th: Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza                            August 27th: The Rent Collector by Camron Wright

See you next month at Margaret’s home.