★★★★★ | Literary Fiction | Print | Own | StoryGraph | Goodreads
A bleak, bleak story that could have been written about my upbringing. I am giving this book a five-star rating because of the writing and how perfectly Stegner captured the angst of living in the perpetual get-rich-quick ambition that plagues some people.
Highlights
There was somewhere, if you knew where to find it, some place where money could be made like drawing water from a well, some Big Rock Candy Mountain where life was effortless and rich and unrestricted and full of adventure and action, where something could be had for nothing. (Page 83)
“Being careful is what makes my tail ache. You get kind of sick of being careful after while.” (Page 88)
Home was a curious thing, like happiness. You never knew you had had it until it was gone. (Page 330)