Posted by Racer on September 24, 2004, at 11:59:07
In reply to Re: My latest splurge on books!! » Racer, posted by partlycloudy on September 24, 2004, at 7:00:57
And it's available in paperback!
"Plains Song" by Wright Morris. This is one of those books that I found so good I recommended it to every woman I knew. We all said the same thing, too: "I had to keep flipping back to the cover, to make sure it really was written by a man. I was sure it had to be written by a woman." Considering the audience involved, that right there was the highest praise. There is only one sour note to the whole novel -- which involves a farmer and Epsom Salts, so see how many members hear it -- which, again, considering how critical a reader I am (even with books I like), is highest praise.
Plains Song is probably a better choice than the others, just because it's more recent.
Hope that helps a bit.
poster:Racer
thread:393734
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/books/20040616/msgs/394520.html