pickI saw this movie ages ago and avoided the book because of the topic - a bus crash in the winter that kills more than a dozen children. Told from multiple perspectives - a parent, the driver, a survivor, and the attorney - it deals with the grief but also with the personal lives of the people impacted by the tragedy and the impact on the entire small town. Despite sadness it also captures the beauty of remote upstate ny. #bbrc #yeahbaby #snow #1991
pickThis is a book that made a few moves with me , glad I finally got to it.The novel begins with a tragic schoolbus accident, tragic in any case but magnified in its influence by happening in a very small town.Almost everyone is affected in some way.Told from 4 points of view,with great insight into how to cope ,or not.People react differently to the tragedy, the town will never be the same.Banks writing gives you deep characters,with distinct POVs.
Huzzah! The rest are just icing on the cake!If I finish any more this year , of course .
pickA small (less than 300 pages) book that packs a big punch. The story begins with a horrible school bus accident, and unspools from the viewpoint of 4 narrators: the bus driver, the father of several of the victims, the lawyer from out of town, and a student who was on the bus. All points of view ask the question: when something goes wrong, who do you blame? 4 stars
pickA sad book. A tremendously sad book but SO well written. Emotions and characters are so well explored and presented. This was my first book by this author and I welcome suggestions of his other books that I should read.
I know NOTHING. Nothing! Don't tell me. #MyNextRead Have had it on my kindle for the amount of time it took to completely forget when/why I bought it...
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"I was bawling so hard when the dog died". Grrr - I had no idea what it was about. ?
pickLovely, tragic, simple story. Russell Banks reminds me of my Great Uncle Denny; detachedly telling a story for the sake of the telling. Some stories are sad, some scary, some hopeful. People are fallible, accidents happen, and all people strive not to suffer. Plus I'm from NH - & so relate to Cold
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