Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner was our latest book club pick. I wanted to love this book, but I didn’t. Depression Era, two couples meet and become lifelong friends, one poor from the west, one wealthy and privileged from the East, all well educated.

Although the writing was beautiful, I just didn’t care much about any of the characters and found the book emotionally quite empty and easily forgettable. Stegner is a beloved author by many, just not my cuppa tea.