Your Oasis on Flame Lake

I absolutely love Lorna Landvik's fiction. This novel, with multiple narrators, is so well done. There were times when I laughed and times when I wanted to cry. Landvik masters voice in this story, and each character seems authentic and real. This book is easy to read and heartwarming. Highly recomm......more

3.5*** A quote from Landvik’s debut novel - Patty Jane’s House of Curl - stays with me: What a big chunk of God is to be found by looking into the face of someone you love. In her second novel (published in 1997), Landvik continues to explore this idea. I’ve been a fan of hers for a while – I lov......more

A funny, emotionally sincere book about quirky Minnesotans, mid-life crises, family relationships, teenagers, and parents who are still a little bit like teenagers themselves. The threads of the different narrators wove together into a story that was cohesive and satisfying, but didn't necessarily t......more

Entertaining and witty - not as good as her Bon Bon book, but kept my interest. Reminded me a bit of Seinfeld - a book about nothing - typical family and marriage situations- her humor and wittiness make the book enjoyable.......more

This novel is a bigger downer than Landvik’s first novel, Patty Jane’s House of Curl. That being said, Your Oasis on Flame Lake focuses on two friends, BiDi and Devera, and their families. The women have been friends since childhood, and their closeness has spread to their respective families: their......more