Feb 8, 2011
I love reading Anita Shreve—she can tell a story with grace, intelligence, and a mastery of the language, with intricate but clear plotlines, without resorting to hyperbole or far-fetched situations. Shreve is a delight to read and provides absorbing storylines, that seem to vary rather widely—South Africa, Massachusetts in the early twentieth century, and now a setting in the present in Vermont, with characters from our own time. But plot lines are only one attraction—it is Shreve’s nuanced handling of the emotions and fragility at the root of our human structure is the reason I read