So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the...
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Of all Richard Russo's books, this is still my favorite. Within he recreates a real world seen all to often in the Northeast.
You can take a lazy drive up that way any weekend and find the little towns who have lost manufacturing jobs.
The ones where generations used to stay to raise their children. Although this book became popular with the miniseries,
read the words. This is word-craft at it's best.
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Empire Falls: A Novel by Richard Russo
MDmom, January 14, 2010
Of all Richard Russo's books, this is still my favorite. Within he recreates a real world seen all to often in the Northeast.You can take a lazy drive up that way any weekend and find the little towns who have lost manufacturing jobs.
The ones where generations used to stay to raise their children. Although this book became popular with the miniseries,
read the words. This is word-craft at it's best.
(3 of 4 readers found this comment helpful)