Sometimes bizarre, sometimes beautiful: this is the story of a rural Minnesota family facing the conflicts of the first world war and dealing with the consequences of their various secrets. I read it all eagerly and was enthralled with most of the characters and their experiences, yet I felt some...
Starts with the ending (which is brutal and hard to read), then circles around to the beginning and moves forward (more, or less) so you know how each character ended up at this place. Interesting characters. However, there were so many interesting characters that it felt unreal. Loved all the...
Occasionally a book comes along that makes me go right back to the beginning to skim it looking for themes and other bits and pieces I missed because I just wanted to read the story. Because the story itself was sooooo good. I also know that if these bits and pieces aren’t clear and don’t come to...
As fate would have it, all of us were watching the adult talent show (I got fourth prize for my presentation on African sleeping sickness in the youth talent show) at the county fair when it happened. I was sitting with Sheryl and June Bug, and just a few rows away was this boy Wesley, whom I met...