Wednesday, September 4, 2019

The Dearly Beloved

The Dearly Beloved: a Novel / Cara Wall, 342 pp.

Two couples, Lily and Charles and Nan and James, live and raise their families as part of New York's Third Presbyterian Church, where Charles and James are co-pastors in the 60s.  Their relationships to one another and to their faith or its absence form the novel, a quiet, thoughtful and realistic story.  Carefully drawn characters and a well-paced plot make for an absorbing read, recommended for fans of Kent Haruf and Marilynne Robinson.

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