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Our Souls at Night

Kent Haruf

Start date: June 1, 2015

Finish date: June 1, 2015

Why we're reading this: I don't recall how I came upon this book, or, maybe, it was the author. I was absolutely wonderful, and I…more
[close] I don't recall how I came upon this book, or, maybe, it was the author. I was absolutely wonderful, and I read it in one sitting. At one point, I thought to myself, why am I not feeling manipulated as I might by a Nicholas Sparks book or a Hallmark movie. I will read everything this man has written. It felt real, honest. I must admit to having a great love of Colorado, maybe that helped make me feel like I was home.

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Oct 30, 2015 Maryam rated it really liked it

Shelves: fiction, favorite-2015

This book is very touching. It was my first read from Kent Haruf and it's a pity because he just passed away after he finished this book. The way he wrote holds on you. ...more

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Jan 21, 2016 Monica rated it liked it

Shelves: rooster, 2016

It is all the things people are saying it is - heartfelt, genuinely emotional, gentle, lovingly wrought from a talented writer facing his own mortality. I've never read any Kent Haruf, but I can certainly see what there is to admire from him. The whole thing feels spare and very, very American - not in the bombastic Murica way, but in the tradition of plain, naturalistic, contemplative settings and language.

These meditations of the extraordinary lives of the ordinary people are... not really my ...more

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May 18, 2015 Mary rated it it was amazing

Our last visit to Holt, Colorado is bittersweet. Two "mature" adults are enjoying a new phase of their lives when they are paralyzed by the wrong headed views of others ...more

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