The Kind You Can't Put Down

If you enjoyed Loving Frank by Nancy Moran, you might want to pick up a copy of Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner. Published in 1987, the book traces the lives, loves and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, giving powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage.

As popular, LA-based book club moderator Beverly Seehoff puts it “Stegner’s writing is so elegant and the characters are so multi-dimensional. You feel like you’re in the hands of a master craftsman.”

Comments

[Julie]

The author of Loving Frank is Nancy Horan and I don't think there is any correlation between the two books being recommended. Loving Frank is a historical fiction based on the life of Frank Lloyd Wright viewed through the prism of his long term mistress. Crossing to Safety is the last and most personal novel written by Pulitzer Prize winning author Wallace Stegner. It is a deep meditation on family, friendship and marriage. The two books narratives, subject matter and prose defy comparison.