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Crossing to Safety

By: Wallace Stegner
Narrated by: Richard Poe
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 One of the finest American authors of the 20th century, Wallace Stegner compiled an impressive collection of accolades during his lifetime, including a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, a National Book Award, and three O. Henry Awards. His final novel, Crossing to Safety is the quiet yet stirring tale of two couples that meet during the Great Depression and form a lifelong bond.©2002 Wallace Earle Stegner (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction

Critic Reviews

"This is a wonderfully rich, warm, and affecting book." ( Library Journal)
"It's deceptively simple: two bright young couples meet during the Depression and form an instant and lifelong friendship. "How do you make a book that anyone will read out of lives as quiet as these?" Larry Morgan, a successful novelist and the narrator of the story, poses that question many years after he and his wife, Sally, have befriended the vibrant, wealthy, and often troubled Sid and Charity Lang. "Where is the high life, the conspicuous waste, the violence, the kinky sex, the death wish?" It's not here. What is here is just as fascinating, just as compelling, as touching, and as tragic." (Amazon.com review)
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A beautiful story of love and enduring friendship between four people who found a connection that is rare

Enjoyed every moment

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Sometimes you read a work by a new author (to you) and you are so enamoured that, as soon as you have finished, you grab for another by that same author. But that next work may be so different it doesn’t evoke the same emotions or so similar it feels like a 2nd best replay of a favourite tune. This fell into one of those. I can’t say which in order to avoid spoilers. However i will say i won’t be reaching for a third.

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