Our Souls at Night (Hardcover)

from gayla.bassham

I thought I had no interest in this book, but I read it in one sitting and just adored it. It's a beautiful gentle romance about two elderly people who've survived various tragedies and disappointments and now seek a less lonely life. Sparely written, without a wasted word. A couple of side chara...

from lit_chick

"She stood and went out and walked back home, and he stood at the door watching her, this medium-sized seventy-year-old woman with white hair walking away under the trees in the patches of light thrown out by the corner street lamp. What in the hell, he said. Now don't get ahead of yourself."(Ch ...

from lkernagh

This is the best Haruf read for me so far, and sadly, the last book of his to be published, that I am aware of anyways. While time seems to stand still in Holt, Colorado - the fictional town Haruf's stories are set in - Haruf gives us enough subtle clues (like Addie's 6 year old grandson Jamie ha...

from lauralkeet

Kent Haruf earned critical acclaim for his Plainsong trilogy set in Holt, a fictional small town in rural Colorado. The novels were filled with gentle, moving prose portraying the ups and downs of daily life, and the hardships people invariably face. Towards the end of his life, Haruf found he ha...

from laytonwoman3rd

This is a tender and poignant little glimpse of ordinary people living the best they know how in the face of bewildering changes and unreasonable expectations. The story is utterly unpretentious, uplifting and sad in equal measure. Addie Moore, a lonely widow, proposes to her neighbor, Louis Wate...