kevin_shepherd 's review for:

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

5.0

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My introduction to Steinbeck. The book itself was a gift from a submarine shipmate who was both surprised and disappointed that I, a native Okie, had never read a word of it. Every night for about a week I would retreat to my bunk after my watch and devour a chapter or two, or three. By the time I finished the final paragraph, the one describing Rose of Sharon’s ultimate act of selflessness, I was awestruck. I came to love and appreciate The Grapes Of Wrath somewhere under the North Atlantic, my oddly nautical connection to a very terrestrial masterpiece.