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Crossing to Safety

by Wallace Stegner · 1987

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Called a "magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom" by Howard Frank Mosher in "The Washington Post Book World," "Crossing to Safety" has, since its publication in 1987, established itself as one of the greatest and most cherished American novels of the twentieth century. Tracing the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, it is a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
friendshipfriendshipMore like thisLess of thisrelationshipsrelationshipsMore like thisLess of thiswriterswritersMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisVermontVermontMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of thisNew EnglandNew EnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 335 pages

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