Thursday, December 31, 2009

Idyll Banter

Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town Idyll Banter: Weekly Excursions to a Very Small Town by Chris Bohjalian


My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I had read Bohjalian's Midwives and LOVED it. It was such a thought-provoking novel, and the characters were so amazingly written. I really liked that he told the story from the perspective of the midwife's daughter.

Though I knew he was a New England author, I did not know he had a weekly column. Along the same lines as Dave Berry, his slice of life segments are enough to feel complete on their own, but pieced together tell the tale of life in a small New England town. I may purchase this book to remind me of NE when I'm "home" sick next year.

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