[dreams]

Originally Posted by dreams

I could see it being used in a Lit class as a required book for discussion.

Originally Posted by Dr. Drib

This is a wonderful novel that looks at the meaning of family, grief, and religiosity, among other things.

I taught this to First Year students at the University where I was teaching, and the students uniformly felt the emotional impact of the novel, in addition to the intellectual concerns the novel looks at.

Highly recommended.

Don

Yep. I was right. It would be something chosen for a Lit class.

I would probably actively participate in classroom discussion about the book, but it still would not be a book that I would recommend or read again (or even would have bought unless it was required).