Birthday Book Recs 29/50 : Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Birthday Book Recs: 29/50
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
There’s still a bit of punch list-type stuff going on at our house, which means that sometimes the chit-chat flows freely when normally you’d just be working in silence.
“So, do you read one book at a time…or…?” (as he looks at the numerous books stacked by a chair)
[conversation ensues about past and present professional situations regarding books/publishing/events]
“But do you have a favorite book?”
To him — and now to this hallowed and sacred and extremely official space on the internet — I reply, “yup.” It’s this one: Peace Like a River by Leif Enger. And to employ a sneakily simple line that Enger uses in this mournful but beautiful novel about a dad, his three children, and some miracles, “Make of that what you will.”
{I actually have another “favorite book” that I’ll get around to posting eventually. Listen, I’ve got two kids — and they are both my favorites — so I am proclaiming the same with books.}
You can find all my 50th Birthday Book Recommendations HERE.
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