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Haw you ever dknwwi that you haven't read a book that all your respected fnernb* consider superb'
A friend loaned me “Crossing to Safety* saying “I can't believe vou haven't read this!" Seeing it on the back seat of my ear. another friend said. “I loved that book! You've read it. haven't youT Two days later, a friend paused by the kitchen table and exclaimed. “Crossing to Safety - thafk my all-time favorite bookT
So. feeling a tittle ashamed, t added the paperback to my bedside pile.
I'm glad 1 didn't read this book earlier in my life, t Am I Just rationalising?}
The plot of “Crossing to Safety* concerns the evolving friendship of two couples over a lifetime.
Charity and Sid Lang young married.** in the university town of Madison. Wise., befriend Sally and Larry who narrates the novel in first person.
The two couples' careers rise and fall in the pressure cooker of college politics, their marriages grow in complexity and their friendships gain depth as they share the individual challenges of unemployment, polio and finally cancer.
We all struggle with “couple friendships^ We like the
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