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Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose | Wallace Earle Stegner
Wallace Stegner's Pultizer Prize-winning novel is a story of discovery--personal, historical, and geographical. Confined to a wheelchair, retired historian Lyman Ward sets out to write his grandparents' remarkable story, chronicling their days spent carving civilization into the surface of America's western frontier. But his research reveals even more about his own life than he's willing to admit. What emerges is an enthralling portrait of four generations in the life of an American family.
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Erin.Elizabeth10
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This book is so long but so good. The narrative is told by an aging man who is spending his time chronicling the life of his grandmother. So we read a little about the man‘s condition and relationships, but mostly we are immersed in the storyline of his grandmother and her adventures settling in the American west. I really enjoyed following the story, and found the characters to be so realistic and compelling. It‘s heartbreaking in the best way!

jlhammar Great review! I really enjoyed this one. Love Stegner‘s writing. 11mo
Erin.Elizabeth10 @jlhammar Thank you! I really enjoyed it too, and I would be interested in reading more from him. 11mo
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jlhammar
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“In this not-quite-quiet darkness, while the diesel breaks its heart more and more faintly on the mountain grade, I lie wondering if I am man enough to be a bigger man than my grandfather.”

That closing line is just one of hundreds of gems in this Pulitzer-winning novel. I am in awe of Stegner‘s craft. A master of dual timelines - so seamless! I didn‘t love this as I did Crossing to Safety, but really liked it and am very glad to have read it.

plemmdog One of my favorites! 1y
Tamra This was a great reading experience and it‘s time for a reread! I tried it on audio not too long ago, but that isn‘t the way to go for this one. 1y
marleed I absolutely love the explanation of the angle of repose from this book. I‘ve used it to explain trajectories in my life. If my life can be seen as a piles of quartz rocks. There‘s just times when that one rock, as unexpected as at might have been, just started a gentle cascade. No more rocks can be added. I start a new pile! Actually, for this group, I could better describe my personal mountains as book stacks! 1y
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jlhammar @marleed Yes, love that! So well put. 1y
jlhammar @Tamra I can see why this might work best in print. It is one you want to take your time with. Do you follow A Year in Reading posts on The Millions? Edan Lepucki had this among her favorites of the year the other day:
https://themillions.com/2022/12/a-year-in-reading-edan-lepucki-11.html
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jlhammar @plemmdog I can understand why! I look forward to trying more Stegner in the years ahead. So far I've only read Crossing to Safety and this one. 1y
Tamra Thank you for sharing! 1y
Suet624 I read this a year or so ago. Absolutely wonderful book. 1y
BkClubCare @marleed - cool! 🪨 1y
BkClubCare Stegner is a fave; I need to get back to him. I thought Crossing to Safety amazing and this one almost as good, too. 1y
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Bookwormjillk
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This was between a pick and a so-so for me. Parts of it I really loved, but parts were too slow. I guess I‘ll stick to reading Crossing to Safety over and over.

SamAnne One of my favorites but it is slow. Although new info came out recently that he plagiarized parts from a woman author‘s book. Google it. Interesting story. I believe the story and it saddened me. 1y
Bklover I have both and have read neither. Now I know which one to read first! 1y
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jlhammar
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@Eggs Thanks for the tag!

1. Pretty good. I don‘t set a number of books I want to hit, but I did set some others such as wanting to read a few books by Wallace Stegner. Read one so far this year, Crossing to Safety (loved it), and plan to start tagged soon.
2. I wanted half the books I read this year to be ones already on my shelves prior to Jan 1. Right now I‘m closer to a third so definitely could work on that.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

Eggs #2 you‘re doing great! 2y
TheSpineView Sounds like you are doing Excellent. Thanks for playing! 2y
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ImperfectCJ
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A very interesting article about Wallace Stegner's uncredited quoting of Mary Hallock Foote's journals and letters in his Pulitzer Prize-winning Angle of Repose: https://www.altaonline.com/books/fiction/a39179237/wallace-stegner-mary-hallock-...

I very much enjoyed the novel, but now it seems I might enjoy Foote's Reminiscences even more.

(Image from the article.)

AmyG Wow. I loved this book and had no idea. Thanks for posting the article. 2y
ImperfectCJ @AmyG You're welcome! I feel so conflicted about Stegner now. On the one hand, it seems like many of the best parts of the book he essentially stole from a woman he portrayed negatively, which is not remotely cool. On the other hand, I have another book to read that is the source of that beautiful language and imagery, so that's kind of exciting. 2y
AmyG It‘s a huge favorite. I am disappointed but yes, I‘d like to read her book. If I can find it. I went on Amazon and it‘s expensive. (edited) 2y
ImperfectCJ @AmyG Yes, there are several used on biblio.com, but all are quite expensive, too. There's a copy in our library system, so I've requested it to check out. 2y
AmyG I have to check my library. I am hoping because I am in Colorado they have a copy. 🤞🏻 2y
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Mitch
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Thank you so much @AmyG this is amazing. The book sounds really moving - and rooted in the landscape - which is totally my jam. Thank you sweet friend ♥️

AmyG It‘s one of my most favorites. It‘s my beloved copy. I wanted to pass it on. I hope you enjoy it, too. Merry Christmas to you and the family. 😘 (edited) 2y
LeahBergen Cute socks! 2y
Mitch @AmyG that‘s so so special. I will treasure it and read it with you being ( virtually!) in the room with me ♥️ 2y
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Mitch @LeahBergen 👍🏼♥️👍🏼 2y
Soubhiville Those are cute socks! 2y
Mitch @Soubhiville they‘re super soft too x 2y
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sisilia
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I went to the library today, and I couldn‘t resist these books. I have a giant stack of TBR at home, but am still too greedy to borrow some 😅

Amiable Oh, I love Wallace Stegner and this book! 3y
sisilia @Amiable This is my first Stegner, and I can‘t wait! 🥰 3y
Amiable @sisilia After this one, read “Crossing to Safety” —that‘s my all-time favorite Stegner. 🥰 3y
sisilia @Amiable I will 🤗 3y
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Butterfinger
Angle of Repose | Wallace Earle Stegner
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Day 12 #12Booksof2020 @Andrew65 You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers today.

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Butterfinger
Angle of Repose | Wallace Stegner
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This man knew how to write, knew how to develop characters, and knew how to paint a picture of remorse and landscape. I will definitely read more of Stegner in the new year.

This is how a book of dual timelines should be written. The narrator interprets artifacts of his deceased grandmother. Pulitzer Winner. Idaho

marleed I love how this book explained the dollar affect and your life ruining into the wind and then when you are on the backside of it. 3y
Butterfinger @marleed I absolutely agree. Her future was still his past. I am still gripping with the ending this morning. That is one reason I liked it so much. The narrator admitted he can only assume what happened between the three characters. But I never thought Frank would do what he did. The whole book was amazing. 3y
SamAnne One of my favorite books of all time. Planning to reread this year. 3y
Butterfinger @SamAnne @marleed have you read Big Rock Candy Mountain? That is a tough book to get through. 3y
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Brooke_H
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Bailedbailed

I‘m DNF‘ing at 96 pgs. I don‘t like the strange construction of the dual timelines that aren‘t exactly dual timelines. And neither story is compelling enough to keep me going.

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Suet624
Angle of Repose (2000) | Wallace Earle Stegner
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I had no idea this won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize until I finished. The story is told by a man who is dealing with his new circumstances, being in a wheelchair and requiring help. He is writing the story of his grandparents: the grandfather, an engineer working in mines in the newly opened west of the 1800‘s. His grandmother, an aspiring socialite, fighting the life her husband is able to offer. The novel is humorless, but rich in detail. #doublespin

TheAromaofBooks Great review!!! 4y
SamAnne Love love this novel. 4y
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Suet624 @SamAnne this book will definitely stay with me. 4y
Hamlet This is a book that has been on my shelf unread for too long; thanks for the prod. 3y
Suet624 @Hamlet you‘re strolling down my memory lane of books today. 🤣🤣 it was on my shelf for years too! I was really happy to finally read it. 3y
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Suet624
Angle of Repose (2000) | Wallace Earle Stegner
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Still working on my June #doublespin (tagged book) but here is my list for July‘s #bookspin. Thanks so much, Sarah, for organizing this. I‘m still madly in love with this idea. It‘s helped me move books off my shelves.

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! I love it that this challenge is helping get books off those towering TBRs!!! 4y
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CindyMyLifeIsLit
Angle of Repose | Wallace Stegner
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I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it—I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me—I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want. This is day 12! #bookstoread #tbrpile

Suet624 I‘m reading this right now. Really enjoying it. 4y
AmyG I just loved this book. 4y
SamAnne Oh, a favorite of mine. 4y
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CindyMyLifeIsLit @Suet624 @AmyG @SamAnne I know it‘s supposed to be great! I‘m kind of embarrassed to post some of the books on my tbr—I can‘t believe they‘ve been on there so long and I haven‘t read them! 😫 4y
SamAnne @CindyMyLifeIsLit Oh, I have my similar stack of books that I‘ve had for years and have not read! Even of authors I love like Louise Erdrich. Alas, I am always attracted to the shiny new book at the library or bookstore.... 4y
Suet624 @SamAnne I‘m exactly the same. Including loads of Erdrich‘s books who I absolutely adore. 4y
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nofutureparttwo
Angle of Repose | Wallace Stegner

“My grandparents had to live their way out of one world and into another, or into several others, making new out of old the way corals live their reef upward. I am on my grandparents‘ side. I believe in Time, as they did, and in the life chronological rather than in the life existential. We live in time and through it, we build our huts in its ruins, or used to, and we cannot afford all these abandonings.”

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AvidReader25
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A disabled man tells the story of his grandparents time in the wild west. He recounts their struggles in mining towns. I didn‘t like the modern day sections as much. I loved seeing life in the west from a woman‘s POV, especially when I realized it was based on a real woman, Mary Hallock Foote. The ending felt rushed. It‘s such a long book and it was disappointing to get to the final stretch and see the events only through her grandson‘s guesses.

marleed I have to go back and find the reference to the Doppler Effect defining one‘s life. I think about that often - thought it was so beautiful. 4y
AvidReader25 @marleed Yes! There were some beautiful parts. 4y
AvidReader25 “There is another physical law that teases me, too: the Doppler Effect. The sound of anything coming at you- a train, say, or the future- has a higher pitch than the sound of the same thing going away. If you have perfect pitch and a head for mathematics you can compute the speed of the object by the interval between its arriving and departing sounds.” 4y
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AvidReader25 “I have neither perfect pitch nor a head for mathematics, and anyway who wants to compute the speed of history? Like all falling bodies, it constantly accelerates. But I would like to hear your life as you heard it, coming at you, instead of hearing it as I do, a somber sound of expectations reduced, desires blunted, hopes deferred or abandoned, chances lost, defeats accepted, griefs borne.” 4y
marleed Omg - yes. I just love that analogy! 4y
SleepyDragon I loved this book until the end, which nearly ruined it for me, tbh. I felt like it didn't fit with the rest of the book. 4y
AvidReader25 @SleepyDragon Exactly!!! I was so frustrated. 4y
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merelybookish
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Back to reading in the school pick-up lane. Enjoying this so far, although it is slow in places and has whiffs of taking itself too seriously, of Great American Novel ambition. But there's enough to keep me engaged.

readordierachel I have an uncle who is always trying to get me to read this, but I've avoided it for fear of exactly what you describe. Oil be curious to hear what you think when you're done. 4y
merelybookish @readordierachel I like learning about the west but it reads very much like a cis white guy wrote it, which can create issues for me. 😬 4y
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erinreads
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Hit up two used bookstores today and pleased with my haul. I was hoping to find a copy of Crossing to Safety, but only could find the tagged book by Stegner. Maybe another day?

charl08 Ooh so tempting. (I collect orange penguins). 5y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled I‘m reading Crossing to Safety right now! Am enjoying it so much that I just added Angle of Repose to my wishlist. 5y
marleed I read Angle of Repose this year because the idea of that angle has always philosophically spoke to me. After reading, the Doppler effect has a philosophical meaning, as well! 5y
Lcsmcat Loved Angle Of Repose! 5y
LeahBergen I want to read some Bowen. 👍🏻 5y
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LauraBeth
Angle of Repose | Wallace Earle Stegner
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When you realize the definition for angle of repose is a metaphor for everything in life: marriage, work, family, society and your own damn self.

Beatlefan129 Cute kitty 😻 5y
Cinfhen 🎶Strike a pose 🎵 5y
AmyG What a cute cat...with a great book! 5y
Leftcoastzen ❤️😻 5y
michellelav What a sweetheart 😻❤ 5y
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LauraBeth
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“Before I can say I am, I was. Am or was, I am cumulative too. I am everything I ever was...I am much of what my parents and especially my grandparents were-inherited stature, coloring, brains, bones (that part unfortunate), plus transmitted prejudices, culture, scruples, likings, moralities and moral errors that I defend as if they were personal and not familial.“

Tamra Loved this book! 5y
kspenmoll Love his novels.❤️ 5y
CarolynM Such a great quote! I find myself, these days, recognising that certain ideas I have are versions of ones that I heard from my parents or grandparents. Not necessarily a bad thing but sometimes they catch me out. 5y
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LauraBeth @tamra I'm SO glad that I'm finally getting around to reading it! 5y
LauraBeth @kspenmoll I can't believe that I haven't read Stegner before! 5y
LauraBeth @carolynm I know exactly what you mean. When I read that I was like, “oh...“ 5y
Suet624 I can‘t tell you how many times I‘ve been just about to pull that book off the shelf to read. I‘m embarrassed I haven‘t yet. 5y
LauraBeth @Suet624 No need to be embarrassed! I haven‘t read it either! I‘m a few chapters in and really enjoying it so far. 5y
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LauraBeth
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“That old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air...Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning, as if last year's mistakes had been wiped clean by summer.“- Wallace Stegner, Angle of Repose ❤

Well-ReadNeck Ooooh! This book blew my mind when I first read it!!! 5y
TrishB So true. 5y
Amiable Oh, I LOVED this book. 😍 And I thought “Crossing to Safety” was even better—what a masterpiece. 🥰 5y
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Blaire @Amiable crossing to safety - completely agree. A perfect book in every way. 5y
LauraBeth @Well-ReadNeck, @Amiable, @TrishB, @blaire I just started it and plan to read it slowly all through September - because it is delicious! 5y
Well-ReadNeck @Amiable @Blaire Sold. Adding Crossing to Safety to my TBR ASAP!!! 5y
ValerieAndBooks I have Crossing to Safety in my TBR— I‘ll move it up thanks to @Amiable and @Blaire ! 5y
LauraBeth Now wondering if I should start with Crossing To Safety...🤔 @Well-ReadNeck, @Amiable, @blaire, @ValerieAndBooks 5y
Amiable @LauraBeth If you‘ve never read Wallace Stegner before, either one is fine to start with. They are both wonderful! 5y
Amiable @Well-ReadNeck @ValerieAndBooks 👍🏼👍🏼 You won‘t regret it! 🙂 5y
Blaire @Well-ReadNeck I hope you love it. It is one I could reread many times I think. 5y
Blaire @Amiable yes, both are very good and I don‘t think it matters which you start with. Crossing to Safety was just completely my type of book - very satisfying. 5y
Blaire @ValerieAndBooks hope you love it as much as I did. 5y
Cinfhen Beautiful 5y
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Amiable
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This is Stegner's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about retired historian Lyman Ward, who decides to write the story of his grandparents who were pioneers in the American west. What ends up emerging is a portrait of four generations in the life of an American family. I liked it a lot, although I enjoyed Stegner's "Crossing to Safety" just a teeny bit better.

Tamra I have enjoyed his novels too! 5y
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WomanRoars
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I love when my mom comes to visit!

Liz_M I'm supposed to be reading The Kindly Ones right now, but putting it off in favor of East of Eden 😁 6y
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mgallo1968
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1. ANGLE OF REPOSE by Wallace Stegner. 2. Greece

kellyann28 Thanks for entering! 6y
AmyG Oh, how I love this book. 6y
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REPollock
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I‘m maybe 1/4 into this and I see why it won the Pulitzer. I feel kinda sheepish that I‘d never heard of it til Goodreads recommended it to me.

(Non sequitur image: flower 🥐 and my new shoes.)

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AmyG
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TrishB Not heard of this.... stacked 6y
AmyG @TrishB It‘s such a wonderful book. Inhope you enjoy it. 6y
Leftcoastzen Wow , great novel and nice to see that original hardcover edition. 6y
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twohectobooks Yessss this is a favourite of mine too! 6y
Tamra Great one! 6y
Suet624 Yes!!!! 6y
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Updrifting
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"Touch. It is touch that is the deadliest enemy of chastity, loyalty, monogamy, gentility with its codes and conventions and restraints. By touch we are betrayed and betray others..." #pulitzer #epicreads #favoritefiction

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mgallo1968
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@Moray_Reads I liked this prompt! Definitely describes my reading ... short stories, spiritual reading, classics, literary fiction and contemporary fiction... and more 🙂📚

AmyG Wow. A Little Life and Angle of Repose are two@of my most favorite books. Great list 6y
Suet624 @Mgallo1968 @amyg I‘m with both of you. These books are the best! 6y
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AtwoodLover
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Pickpick

I liked the beginning and middle more than the ending - the letters between Susan and Augusta became tedious. I think it was most impactful to realize that being a human has always been hard - it was hard in the 1800s and it is hard now. All humans crave the same things and sometimes we get them and sometimes we don't. Also, a great read for west coast Americans - all very historic places! #angleofrepose

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AtwoodLover
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Giving it a go as a recommendation from a trusted bookish friend. Interesting so far.

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ChrisBohjalian
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 💞 6y
JanuarieTimewalker13 Beautiful! 6y
ElishaLovesBooks Vermont is so pretty!🌄 6y
GripLitGrl Bueatiful!! 6y
MaleficentBookDragon I worked in Vermont for a year. I loved it. So beautiful. 6y
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MrBook
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Today's author spotlight: Wallace (Earle) Stegner! The native Iowan died in Santa Fe, NM, in 1993 at 84 from a car accident. He's considered "The Dean of Western Writers". He won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize and the 1977 National Book Award. He taught at the U of Wisconsin and Harvard, and, at Stanford, he founded the creative writing program. His students included: Sandra Day O'Connor, Ken Kesey, and Larry McMurtry. #AuthorPotpourri #TheMoreYouKnow

AmyG Love this man. Angle of Repose is a HUGE favorite. 6y
Blaire One of my all-time favorites is 6y
Leftcoastzen ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 6y
Leftcoastzen And ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 6y
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Nebklvr
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Mehso-so

That is exactly how I feel. This book, while well written, never really intrigued me. It was ok while I was reading it but very easy to ignore the rest of the time. Part of the problem was the two different storylines. Both were interesting and worthy of a story but I would just be connecting to one person and time only to find it had disappeared into another. Frustrating and unfulfilling.

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ItsAnotherJen
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This book, oh my! Is it just me or do you want to point out how GOOD Oliver is..come on Sue, you found a good man.

I have 72 pages left in this big boy. The type is small, its pages thin, and its taking forever. I will throw myself a party when I reach the last page. Its great writing, but pretty dreary.

ETA: Holy moly. Theres a lot that goes on in the last bit. So glad I get to discuss this one with a group on Thursday!
#bookclubbook

RanaElizabeth Stegner is such a dream to read. Love his books. 6y
ItsAnotherJen So much happened in those last pages! 🤤 6y
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Pasaal
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Very detailed characterizations and wonderful descriptions of several different areas in the West, when mining and railroads were opening the West to more settlers. There is a lot to ponder in this book including the roles of men and women and what history can teach us about ourselves.

cathysaid I love Stegner's work. 6y
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ItsAnotherJen
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In the midst of this book for our book club! It is a lengthy one (569 pages) and descriptive. For all those that do not understand what an angle of repose is...this explains it well. 😁 #YouLearnSomethingEveryDay #YoureWelcome 😜

AmyG I love this book so much. 6y
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BkClubCare
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I was impressed with this book; I admire Stegner's writing as masterful. But this was so long and so sad; maybe it needed to be to have me understand the grief Grandmother experienced. Weighty stuff, this one. I have to say I liked Crossing to Safety more but I think this one might stay with me longer. Terrific "making of the West novel" and the modern parts felt quite modern despite it being late 60s/early 70s.

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BkClubCare
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I said I waited for spring, and feared it. Blessed rose garden is one reason for my fear, for every time my lights on it I will remember everything. It the one rose that remains, the old Harrison yellow on the Piazza corner, has the to power disturb me more with its promise of life than all the others with the reminder of death.
Esther assisting. This is a roiling boiling trouble of a book.💔

BkClubCare Such a crazy sad book. ❤️+ Wrench 6y
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BkClubCare
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"he sat down quickly on the Bendix crate to bring himself closer to my level."

Uh, what is a Bendix?

Purpleness I tried to scroll past, put was too curious! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendix_Corporation 7y
ferskner I really love this book... 7y
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BkClubCare
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"Masterful... Reading it is an experience to be treasured."

Bookgirl My mom claims this is the perfect novel. It's been sitting on my shelf for years. Should finally read it! 7y
Nebklvr Oh, good. It is our next book club pick 7y
leslieseidel This is one of my ALL time favorites. I read it when I lived near the Almaden Valley in California. I loved his descriptive writing especially when it came to the setting. Enjoy! 7y
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BkClubCare @leslieseidel - WOW! I bet. I keep thinking I should look up New Almaden wondering if it is real... 7y
BkClubCare @Bookgirl - I like your mom. There is such a terrific vibe from a Stegner novel. 7y
BkClubCare @Nebklvr - you must be in the coolest club!!! 7y
Nebklvr @BkClubCare It was my Sister-in-law's pick so hopefully I will love it 7y
BkClubCare @Nebklvr - love it or not, I bet you can respect the suggestion. 7y
Bookgirl @BkClubCare she has great book taste. I should just pick it up and read it already!!! 7y
BkClubCare @Bookgirl - it's fall-into-lovely. Like a full encompassing cashmere blanket 7y
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BkClubCare
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Library book sale! Did I buy too many deep/heavy books? I put back so many, too. Always somewhat a mystery "why did I choose THESE?!" The Stegner was the only one that I wholeheartedly committed to.

PutnamKatie Angle of Repose is in my top 5 of all time! Good choices! 7y
Mamashep One of the hardest passages to read I have ever found in a book! 7y
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Mamashep I will read Run and/or Cutting For Stone with you whenever you're ready to jump into them! 7y
BkClubCare @Mamashep OK! I don't really know what I will read next. 😳 7y
BkClubCare @BarbaraBB - i know she is on my MUST READ list. 7y
BkClubCare @PutnamKatie - I thought Crossing to Safety was amazing. 7y
PutnamKatie @BkClubCare I have it, but haven't read it! 7y
DivineDiana I liked 7y
Suet624 Cutting for Stone is great! 7y
BkClubCare @DivineDiana - I am a Patchett fan. 7y
BkClubCare @Suet624 - many agree with you. Hopefully me too 7y
Gulfsidemusing I've read 4 of these... nice haul! 7y
BkClubCare @Lakesidemusing - great. You and I usually do agree abt books. 😎 7y
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VioletBramble
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For several weeks now I have had the sense of something about to come to an end - that old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, obligations gathering, books and football in the air. But different now.
page 500
#iloveschoolsupplies
#iloveautumn

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Tanzy13
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"That old September feeling, left over from school days, of summer passing, vacation nearly done, pobligations gathering, books and football in the air... Another fall, another turned page: there was something of jubilee in that annual autumnal beginning, as if last year's mistakes had been wiped clean by summer."

LauraBeth This is beautiful! ❤️ 7y
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Kimberlone
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Feels appropriate - today is my first day back teaching! Doing 11th grade English and Spanish 1.

BkClubCare Wow - just bought this book and this is the 3rd posting on Litsy with this quote! And how interesting that I bought this now (September) 7y
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LauraBeth
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Went to the used bookstore to get the copy of The Middlesteins that I recently saw - they didn't have it. Also - if you put the word "song" in your book title - I'm gonna buy it.

UwannaPublishme 😊🎤👌🏻 7y
saresmoore Plainsong ♥️ This is a great haul! 7y
AmyG Nice pile of books. Angle of Repose is a big favorite. 7y
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LeahBergen Ooo! 👏🏻👏🏻 7y
BarbaraBB Ohhh the Strout! I want that one! 7y
LauraBeth @UwannaPublishme, @saresmoore, @AmyG, @LeahBergen, @BarbaraBB I love to read the backlist books 😀 7y
LeahBergen I'm such a backlist reader. I BUY newer books but I always like to let them ripen on my shelves for a while. 😆 7y
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squarepeginroundhole
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AmyG I love this book so much. ❤ 7y
squarepeginroundhole @AmyG I'm almost finished and have been enjoying it! 7y
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squarepeginroundhole
Angle of Repose | Wallace Stegner

"Salt is added to dried rose petals with the perfume and spices, when we store them away in covered jars, the summers of our past."

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VioletBramble
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I fight my way through all the Giants and the Wizards, I cross to her castle on the sword-edge bridge, I let myself down hand over hand into her dungeon well, and instead of my reward, a living woman, there is a skeleton with a riddle between its ribs. Page 512.

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ChrisBohjalian
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#sunrise, #Vermont. Unfiltered. Why I love the 802.

scripturient Beautiful! 7y
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shortsarahrose
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Today was the first Cedar Rapids farmers' market of the season, which also meant that the library had their book sale set up outside. In addition to this #bookhaul I enjoyed an iced latte and cinnamon sugar mini donuts and got to pet a sweet dog named Aria.

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Anna40
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Not a book that I loved but a book that grew on me. What kept me reading was 1) the question of how or if Susan's and Oliver's marriage was going to last facing all those obstacles and 2) the complexity of Susan's character. To me she is a Victorian lady but not aloof. I could identify with her love of adventure, education, culture, independence. She is very much a 'modern' woman.