Small Town America


Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
Winesburg, Ohio
Where the Crawdads Sing
Main Street
Empire Falls
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Plainsong (Plainsong, #1)
Shotgun Lovesongs
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Image Maker
A Christmas Memory
The Dead Romantics
The Kiss Curse (The Ex Hex, #2)
Because of Winn-Dixie
Remarkably Bright Creatures
Corrine Ardoin
At least once in their lives, everyone should have the opportunity to stand by the river and simply watch the water roll on by.
Corrine Ardoin, Fathers of Edenville

Richard Russo
What did I think? Right then I was thinking about my father, specifically his habit of treating everyone with courtesy and consideration, of how he used to stop on lower Division Street and converse genially with old black men from the Hill whom he knew from his early days as a route man. His kindness and interest weren't feigned, nor did they derive, I'm convinced, from any perceived send of duty. His behavior was merely an extension of who he was. But here's the thing about my father that I've ...more
Richard Russo, Bridge of Sighs

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