so-soFamily secrets abound wrapped in bitterness and poor decisions made out of fear over the course of decades. I appreciated the effort to show how these lies and unethical actions can come back to destroy you years later, but this felt too messy and left me wishing it had focused more on the reason behind Nora killing her brother and how the family had to cope with the possibility of losing two children. 3⭐️ s.
pickA slow moving mystery. Some of the characters were a bit quirky. Very not earth-shattering story. I will read the second in the series to see how the novels are tied together. 4/5
"The landscapes of our youths create us, and we carry them within us, storied by all they gave and stole, in who we become."
pickThe protagonist in “The Painter” is somewhat different from many other Heller novels. I very much enjoyed his complexity. The book made me feel, in some ways, similar to how I felt reading “The River”.
pickWhat a meaningful title. Sad but beautiful. The resilience, strength of women and the love of the natural world really shined for me.
pickI enjoyed this book about folks surviving, hiding, and subsisting in the San Luis valley. Lots of interesting, sometimes tragic, sometimes awful, and sometimes funny stories.
pickA family history, surrounded by the history of an era of the United States, early 1900s. I haven't exposed myself to a lot of information from that particular time, so this was interesting.
