This was my month to review a book in my book club. Two months ago I proposed a list of books and Driftless by David Rhodes is the one they chose. The consensus was unanimous - all thumbs up. They liked the character development, the setting (southwestern Wisconsin), the writing, and the way the plot threaded through the many characters, one person per chapter. "How," asked one book club member, "Did you find this incredible book?" I answered truthfully. I judged the book by the cover. The cover was orange (my favorite color) and featured a hilly road in farm country - one of my favorite landscapes. What is not to like about this cover? The book is published by Milkweed Press - a local publishing company. Some parts of the book went on too long. One spot that took forever is a conversation between a local pastor and the manager of a casino. The pastor asks for a refund when a vulnerable parishioner mortgages her house and looses all that plus all her savings one evening. Of course the general manager of the casino says no but the pastor doesn't give up for about 5 pages. I think a bigger publishing house might have cut that encounter down in size. But overall they loved the book and so did I.
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