The Correspondent: A Novel

Meeting your dear dad was the great surprise of my life because I’d never imagined I would have THAT. I thought I would need someone to find me bearable, but he thought I was wonderful! And I thought him even better. He never made me feel strange. He gave me a family—I’d outwitted the fate I’d assumed for myself. He taught me how to open myself to

Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner.

After reading Amongst Women, I went and read That They May Face the Rising Sun, which I liked very much, and then I felt the desire to remain in Ireland, so I picked up The Stories of William Trevor and I’m going slowly, reading one story per week so it lasts.

He’s lucky he found Liz—that woman is as classic as they come.