Crossing to Safety - (Modern Library Classics) by Wallace Stegner (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Tracing the interlocking lives, loves, and aspirations of four lifelong friends who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, Stegner's 1987 masterpiece is a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams</b><br> <b>Afterword by T. H. Watkins</b> <p/> Called a "magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom" by Howard Frank Mosher in <i>The Washington Post Book World, Crossing to Safety</i> has, since its publication in 1987, established itself as one of the greatest and most cherished American novels of the twentieth century. Tracing the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, it is a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>" A superb book. . . . Nothing in these lives is lost or wasted, suffering becomes an enriching benediction, and life itself a luminous experience." -- Doris Grumbach<br><br>"A superb book. . . . Nothing in these lives is lost or wasted, suffering becomes an enriching benediction, and life itself a luminous experience."--Doris Grumbach<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Terry Tempest Williams</b> is the author of many books, including <i>Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place; Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert; </i>and<i> Finding Beauty in a Broken World</i>. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Lannan Literary Fellowship in creative nonfiction, she lives in southern Utah. <p/> <b>T. H. Watkins</b> (1936-2000) was the first Wallace Stegner Distinguished Professor of Western American Studies at Montana State University, and was the author of twenty-eight books.</p>
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