Idaho
March 16, 2018 8:15 AM - by Emily Ruskovich - Subscribe
A stunning debut novel about love and forgiveness, about the violence of memory and the equal violence of its loss—from O. Henry Prize–winning author Emily Ruskovich. Ann and Wade have carved out a life for themselves from a rugged landscape in northern Idaho, where they are bound together by more than love. With her husband’s memory fading, Ann attempts to piece together the truth of what happened to Wade’s first wife, Jenny, and to their daughters.
I just re-read the little chapter about William and Beth, the older couple who find Wade and Jenny on that fateful day. And the way that Ruskovich colors in an entire shared life if fifty years--and another that could have been--with the sad little unfinished sentence "We should have..." will haunt me for a long time.
This is an amazing book.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:29 AM on March 17, 2018
This is an amazing book.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:29 AM on March 17, 2018
This was the very best thing I read last year.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 4:26 AM on December 11, 2018
posted by DirtyOldTown at 4:26 AM on December 11, 2018
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