Summary & Study Guide Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner

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Angle of Repose Study Guide consists of approx. 35 pages of summaries and analysis on Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner. This study guide includes the following Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.

68 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 10, 2012

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favorite book by Wallace Stegner. I especially enjoy books that clarify their titles in the story. I read Angle of Repose initially in 1986 and it impressed me so much that I've used quotes from this book on marriage numerous times since. The phrase, "Angle of Repose," is descriptive of our human experience as well as the engineering term. It's not only the slope at which dirt and pebbles stop rolling, but the angle of our relationships and how we prop up each other in our marriages in healthy or dysfunctional ways.

[Gail Mattson · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a good story and the characterizations are interesting. However, I lagged in reading this book which kept switching back and forth from the main story to the author's story and the stories of those he was dependent upon. Just when I was on a roll" reading, the story would switch back to the author's story and leave me hanging, wanted to know where the main story was going! It was not a quick, easy read for me, but the insights into the times and cultures from East coast to West were worth the read.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book's main character is writing the biography of his grandmother. The grandmother he writes about is modeled after Mary Hallock Foot, who was an author and illustrator. An intriguing woman who lived part of her life at the New Almaden mine near San Jose. The mountains and oaks Stenger describes are the ones that cradled me as I grew up. The book is much more than this character and setting, but that was my "in." The writing is just amazing, the insights on people and nature incredible.

[Joseph Gascho · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great Stegner book