Jayber Crow

Fiction has a unique way of illuminating truth for me, of turning on portions of the brain that otherwise sit idle, helping provide shape and substance for intangible ideas and emotions. This is a part of the reason I like to write, I suppose, andit certainly is a prime reason why I like to read. Stories are entertaining, of course, but every now and then I run across one that turns out to be more than that– something special. Out of the blue, I’llbe blindsided by a book that speaks to me in...