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Crossing to Safety
by Wallace Stegner
Set in thirties America, this is a story about two couples. The husbands work together at the University of Wisconsin in the English department and meet at the social events and parties. Charity and Sally are both expecting with the babies due more of less at the same time.
They hit it off and start to spend lots of time together. Sid and Charity are financially secure, and Larry and Sally are right on the edge with regards to money. Charity is the great organiser and she sets about arranging further events and parties.
It is a time of great hardship in America and the story ebbs and flows with the two couples successes, failures, traumas and joys. It is never sensational, and you have a sense of the character growing and changing in response to the events and as they age
The writing is effortless, calm, confident and eloquent. I hadn't read anything before by Stegner, something that I may need to reconsider.
They hit it off and start to spend lots of time together. Sid and Charity are financially secure, and Larry and Sally are right on the edge with regards to money. Charity is the great organiser and she sets about arranging further events and parties.
It is a time of great hardship in America and the story ebbs and flows with the two couples successes, failures, traumas and joys. It is never sensational, and you have a sense of the character growing and changing in response to the events and as they age
The writing is effortless, calm, confident and eloquent. I hadn't read anything before by Stegner, something that I may need to reconsider.