A review by kittykornerlibrarian
Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson

4.0

I particularly enjoyed the oddball historical tidbits in this... Bill Shakespeare the football player, Elinor Smith the aviatrix, etc. Johnson succeeds in creating the voice of an elderly man looking back on his past, which in this case involves a young Yale dropout who goes West to escape his family, work on the Hoover Dam, and eventually work as a ranch hand on a dude ranch outside Reno, Nevada, which has become famous as a divorce destination for wealthy womenin the 1930s and 40s. Nina and Emily are an unforgettable pair, and the setting is well rendered. The ending is unexpected and clever. I enjoyed this.