Two young couples meet and quickly find they have much in common: Charity and Sally are both pregnant and their husbands, Sid and Larry, have jobs in the English department at the University of Wisconsin.
A lifelong but complex friendship develops over decades as they share love, loyalty, vulnerability and conflict. Written from Larry’s perspective, Crossing to Safety is a moving exploration of the trials and tragedies of everyday life.
Reviewed by Adam Sisman in Slightly Foxed Issue 79.
Against the Current
Wallace Stegner seems on the brink of being forgotten. Half a century ago he was acknowledged as a major figure in American letters; one of his novels won the Pulitzer Prize, and another the National...
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