Yesterday afternoon and evening were a very quiet time in my home. My husband was spending the night in Massachusetts for work. Our puppy Shyne was spending the night at the vet after her spay. And my son was studying for APUSH. My old girl Shandy and I curled up the on couch with a blankie to finish this week's book.
I loved The Museum of Ordinary Things and Incantation, but I'm not sure why Amazon decided to recommend this, which was published in 2004, to me last week...
This is a short novel, a novella, like Hoffman's Green Heart. Also like Green Heart, it is several stories that are united but were previously published piecemeal. There is also a supernatural element, which is typical of her work.
The stories are mostly set in Cape Cod, centered around an old farmhouse and fertile plot of land. The home is inherited, sold, bought, gifted over two centuries. As I myself love old homes and the stories about them (mine being built in 1930; we are only its 3rd owners), this was very touching. It was sad, but also beautiful.
A very quick read that I definitely recommend.
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