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I just want to add this as one of my favorite books. Her writing is like pure poetry. I wish I had belonged to Goodreads when I finished it so I could go back now and read my review!
YAWN.
If this were not a Pulitzer winner, I would have abandoned it. Because it is just.that.dull.
The writing is fine. Consistent (-ly dull), the voice is steady throughout.
My favorite line appears on page 202: "I have been looking through these pages, and I realize that for some time I have mainly been worrying to myself, when my intention from the beginning was to speak to you."
John Ames, small-town Iowa Reverend, 77 and dying of heart failure, begins writing to explain things to his 7-year-ol ...more
If this were not a Pulitzer winner, I would have abandoned it. Because it is just.that.dull.
The writing is fine. Consistent (-ly dull), the voice is steady throughout.
My favorite line appears on page 202: "I have been looking through these pages, and I realize that for some time I have mainly been worrying to myself, when my intention from the beginning was to speak to you."
John Ames, small-town Iowa Reverend, 77 and dying of heart failure, begins writing to explain things to his 7-year-ol ...more
This was a beautiful and life -affirming book.
It is a quietly and simply told story of truth and beauty about an old and ailing minister, his faith, family and life in Iowa in 1956.
It is a quietly and simply told story of truth and beauty about an old and ailing minister, his faith, family and life in Iowa in 1956.
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