A review by janey
Lonesome Lies Before Us by Don Lee

4.0

All the way through this book, I kept being reminded of [b:Love Warps the Mind a Little|899413|Love Warps the Mind a Little|John Dufresne|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1347449291s/899413.jpg|884596] by John Dufresne, which is surprising because I have never before thought of Don Lee and John Dufresne at the same time. Lonesome Lies Before Us isn't Oedipus Rex, it's Death of a Salesman, only not so dramatic. It's quiet and thoughtful and layered, and it's peopled with flawed and uncertain individuals who are doing their best and making corrections along the way, just as we all do as we stumble toward our better selves.