Christine

I read this in one sitting, and I recommend looking at other reviews after you finish it. It's such a clever story that has me thinking now. Good taste, bad taste, the publishing industry, fabrics, people, money. Thanks to Ann Patchett for recommending it in one of her Friday Instagram reels. This is a fun and funny one! I think that it would be enjoyable to discuss with friends.

So enjoyable. She's created something special with this series. Satisfying and comforting fare.

A number of little character stories along the way to solving a bigger ones. This was a good airplane book for me.

Wallace Stegner has a special place in my heart as an author I read upon the recommendation of an adult I admired while I was in college, figuring out my own adult reading by choice. I'll always remember the summer I read Angle of Repose. When my book club chose this, I was excited. And it did not disappoint. This is not the sort of book that would be popular today, but the quiet insights, the (for me) nostalgic language and assumptions, all give me a comfortable and also compelling experience. He understood relationships. I'm looking forward to seeing how my book club of academic women discusses his understanding of gender and place.

I enjoyed this story, which rang true to life. The dialogue felt real and lived. I did grow impatient with the on again - off again frustrated love affair, so I skimmed the last third to a good (enough) ending.