Who says small town life isn epic?
Certainly not Haven Kimmel. Comments: This is the second Haven Kimmel novel I have read, and I have to say I am hooked. It’s her characters. You’d be lucky to be a Haven Kimmel character. You might work in a tiny library and spend your life grieving the man who left you for a woman with a prior claim. You might never leave your kitchen table out of a fear of germs. You might be graceful, rock-hard pool hustler with a failing Mazda truck and a disputed cue. Whatever you are, you will be as deeply engaged in the world of ideas as any professor. I love this. These people think and they read and make up sort of a lost tribe of superior intellects living in Midwestern diaspora. Kimmel does have a tendency to invest her characters with a slightly incredible degree of lean, wolfen physical grace and beauty, however you know, I can forgive that because these people are so fun to read.