false 9820 13 Called a “magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom” by Howard Frank Mosher in The Washington Post Book World, <I>Crossing to Safety</i> 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. 1488871 1987 Crossing to Safety total:4152|5:1787|4:1534|3:647|2:148|1:36| 4152 17344 5550 765 5 12 false false Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 30 09:01:30 -0700 2007 Sun Jan 18 06:27:56 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 5 false false Tue Mar 18 10:34:37 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 18 11:58:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sun Apr 13 20:19:18 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 20:25:32 -0700 2008 You can plan all you want to. You can lie in your morning bed and fill whole notebooks with schemes an...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Aug 04 20:09:10 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 09 20:05:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Apr 05 12:13:55 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 05 12:19:44 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 5 3 true false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Fri Jan 02 12:32:56 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 15:30:30 -0800 2009 once
Much of it took place in a college town - that's mainly where Stegner had lived t...more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Feb 25 12:25:45 -0800 2007 Sun Feb 25 12:30:21 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jun 24 14:06:02 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 14:19:22 -0700 2008
The bonus for me is that part of the book takes place at the University of Wisconsin, Madison where the prota...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 26 12:26:36 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 13:14:05 -0800 2008
His characters seemed incredibly real and complex and their interactions rang really true; at times I was as uncomfortable reading some...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 15:29:04 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 18:15:53 -0800 2009
The author paints a picture by jumping from present to past, to not-so-far in the past, ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 15 12:38:14 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 18:57:20 -0800 2007
I am finishing this book tomorrow. I am fity pages from the end. I will be sad when it is over.

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Two couples, Larry and Sally Morgan and Sid and Charity Lang, are both young couples living in Madison, Wiscosin during...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 13 18:28:22 -0800 2009 Sat Oct 17 14:35:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 05:28:15 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 15 05:39:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 11:27:47 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 11:29:20 -0800 2008 1 1 false true Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Apr 18 16:56:22 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 07:59:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 11:17:08 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 11:20:30 -0700 2007
I had a copy on my shelf at home, which sat unread for almost two years. It had been given to me by my brother's girlfriend. My brother and his girlfriend raved about it, but I just never had the time to crack it open.
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Crossing to Safety probably isn't a novel for young people, unless they are curious to look into the minds and souls of...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 11:15:33 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 19:48:47 -0700 2007 Angle of Repose and was blown away, so I thought this seemed like a good bet. Crossing to Safety reinforced my extremely high opinion of Stegner's writing, in a book that was as different from Angle of Repose as...more...]]>