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Book Review of These Granite Islands

These Granite Islands
reviewed on
Helpful Score: 1


I enjoyed this book very much. It is well written, interesting, moving and has a thought-provoking take on friendship and marriage, life choices and their consequences. People looking for a book full of action and adventure won't find that here; it is a quieter study of life in Minnesota in the early to mid 20th century. The characters are a milliner; her tailor husband; an engineer and his restless wife; the miners whose livelihood is threatened by changing times; and the large lake next to the town in which they live. I highly recommend this book.