This is just a very good novel written by a very good writer at the top or near top of her game. Among other things, this novel feels very modern and less nostalgic than O Pioneers or My Antonia, the former of which I didn’t like and the latter I loved, and the result is charming and sad and funny. Doctor St. Peter is a college professor who, for circumstances beyond his control, is being removed from his longtime residence in order to make way […]