Spring is in the air … finally
April 11, 2009 | Family,Iowa,Weather
Yes! If this lasts, I can wash all the snowgear and pack it all away. I’ll feel like dancing around a bonfire while it burns. But, alas, we will need it all again. Soon.
Books: Revolutionary Road
April 8, 2009 | Books
I just finished reading Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. Gah. Why didn’t anyone tell me not to read this right after reading The Reader?
This was on the last page with an odd “coming soon from Vintage Books” heading:
In Young Hearts Crying, Yates movingly portrays a man and a woman from their courtship and marriage in the 1950s to their divorce in the 70s, chronicling their heartbreaking attempts to reach their highest ambitions. Michael Davenport dreams of being a poet after returning home from World War II Europe, and at first he and his new wife, Lucy, enjoy their life together. But as the decades pass and the success of others creates an oppressive fear of failure in both Michael and Lucy, their once-bright future gives way to a life of adultery and isolation. With empathy and grace, Yates creates a poignant novel of the desires and disasters of a tragic, hopeful couple.
Know what? Yates covered plenty of that ground — and more — in Revolutionary Road. Nah. I think I’m good.
