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The Realm Of Last Chances (2013)

by Steve Yarbrough(Favorite Author)

3.46 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0385349505 (ISBN13: 9780385349505)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Knopf

review 1: At last a story where the characters are in their fifties!!!! This was my first Yarbrough book, although I remember reading stellar reviews of his work in the past. At one point, I forgot that this book was written by a man, because it is so character-driven. I remembered the writer was male when I came to a detailed description of a house re-wiring project. We have similar electrical problems in our house and I proudly read those pages to my husband--because I don't touch that kind of stuff in my real or literary life and he is very handy around the house. I just finished the book a few days ago. The last paragraph sent chills down my spine. If only I could remember and focus on all the touching parts of my life--only memories of love, that "burn like amber" in the... more back of my mind. Is anyone really like that? It's not that I don't have good touching memories that will stay with me for ever. It's just that there are also "what the heck was that for?" memories that fuel something other than love in the back of my mind too. In literature "things happen for a reason." In real life, I'm not so sure anymore.
review 2: The Mississippi writer takes on New England. I like this book, though not as much as his fiction set in Mississippi. The craziness and just stupidity of academe as we live it comes through loud and clear. Just in case you were wondering, there seems no way to fix what should be the best of our world, but now seems the most trivial and inconsequential. Yarbrough is one of our best writers, and I look forward to more of his books, though I hope he will return to Mississippi. less

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