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Dont leave Home Without It-Novel Pushes American Heritage
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The novel begs the question, “What if you hailed from the Great
State of Alienation, proud home of the disillusioned, the crazed, the indifferent, the violent? How did it happen that some people lived unquestioning lives, never doubted their place in that enterprise called America, their proprietary involvement, their state in its success, while others turned away?”
Author Jean Thompson writes about America through the lens of this Iowa family and their values. The chapter snapshots themselves are beautiful to experience, but together they form a more complete picture of the life we think we want and the life we already may have. How much of our home is location? How much of it is family? How much of it is heritage? How much of it is purpose?
While Thompson doesn’t preach a message with a contrived, emotional crescendo, noticeably absent from the novel are those moments in the Ericksons’ lives that are touched with glory and rapture. Even ordinary people from Iowa can touch the divine, on occasion.
If you enjoy collections of short stories and beautiful prose, you won’t want to miss this gem of an American novel.
Review From: http://www.thefish.com/books/reviews/11651251/Don%25e2%2580%2599t-Leave-Home-Without-It/
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