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Saxton Reads! & ReviewsWe invite the public to post reviews to our catalog by logging into our online catalog. Reviews will then be posted to this blog. Comments can be added to existing posts or may be added as separate reviews on our catalog JANUARY 21, 2012
The Odds ~ Stewart O'Nan
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comments by CarolK The Odds No other author packs so much into so few words. O’Nan’s stories are always sparse, but taut, filled with undercurrents of thought and feelings. What on the surface seems a simple story, a marriage on the skids, with dissolution looming, is so much more. In a last ditch attempt to spin the wheel, role the dice and possibly beat the odds, Art and Marion Fowler liquidate their assets, book a room at a plush casino in the most romantic place on earth, Niagara Falls, and hold their breath. Here, they’d go for broke, possibly spending their last days as man and wife. The Odds with its many themes to explore; love, friendship, commitment, hope, trust, betrayal, forgiveness, has all it takes for a good book group discussion. What are the odds? That is that Stewart O’Nan could write another winner. If I had taken the bet, I’d be all the richer. |
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