The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens I enjoyed this book. It was a little far fetched at times - I mean how many times can you survive surprise attacks and a kidnapping?! The main character, Joe Talbert, is in college given an assignment to interview a stranger and write about their life. He ends up in a nursing home interviewing a Viet Nam vet who had been convicted of murder. Joe becomes drawn in by the vet and decides to figure out what is truth and what isn't. A well told story that had more than one character that re-enforces the idea of how easy it is to judge when you don't know a person and what life has brought their way. Nowhere is a Place by Bernice McFadden This is a good story, but I didn't like the way it was told. It switches some between modern day and back through the years to tell the story of a family. Their life through the generations was anything but flowers and rainbows. It's hard to read about some of the situations and
Here's my monthly impressions of books I've read - and occasionally other thoughts.