Crossing To Safety

I must be on a Wallace Stegner kick because Crossing to Safety is the third novel I have read by him since March of this year. This was another good one about two couples. Sally and Larry Morgan move to Madison, Wisconsin in 1937. Larry is going to teach creative writing at the University. They meet Sid and Charity Lang at a faculty party. The two couples become instant friends. Both Charity and Sally are pregnant at the same time. The novel covers their friendship. The Morgans admire the Langs so much they name their daughter Lang. Upon hearing this Charity is disappointed because she hoped her son would someday marry their daughter in which case her name would be Lang Lang and she would sound like a bell on a street car. I thought that was funny. Initially it appears the Langs help the Morgans more but as time passes and situations change, the Morgans are helping the Langs. These two couples vacation together. Their friendship endures in good times and in bad. The generosity of the four main characters is admirable.