Driftless

I was helping a woman in her 70's at the library figure out the next book her book club should read. She was making me laugh because she had read almost everything out there, and had some sort of critical one-liner for almost every popular book. Before she left, she told me, "Read Driftless by David......more

The book tells the story of a handful of persons living in a small town in Wisconsin. Farmers, a musician, an invalid, a protestant pastor, a mechanic - their lives, their pasts and future are woven together as only the shared lives of a small community can be. There's no glorification of Midwest vi......more

4 1/2 stars, really. In the author interview at the back of this edition, Rhodes explains how the geography of place defines the characters, who they are, what they do, and what they believe. I live not too far from where this novel takes place, and though I feel I'd make lots of different choices f......more

As good a storyteller as Eudora Welty and as true to the Upper Midwest as she was to the South. Not to be missed by anyone who still wonders what feeds the rural mind in the 21st Century.......more

I am not sure how this wonderful novel escaped me when it was first published in 2008 but I am glad I finally caught notice of it. Plenty of good reviews of this one, so I will just say is READ IT and enjoy!......more