Crossing to Safety

Wallace Stegner has a special place in my heart as an author I read upon the recommendation of an adult I admired while I was in college, figuring out my own adult reading by choice. I'll always remember the summer I read Angle of Repose. When my book club chose this, I was excited. And it did not disappoint. This is not the sort of book that would be popular today, but the quiet insights, the (for me) nostalgic language and assumptions, all give me a comfortable and also compelling experience. He understood relationships. I'm looking forward to seeing how my book club of academic women discusses his understanding of gender and place.