![]() After the initial descriptive flood, Doig settles into a flow of seeing life to which the reader can easily relate, no matter how foreign it may be at first glance. (There are a number of very memorable scenes.) Ultimately, however, this is Doig's reflection on the complex dynamics that constitute a family, no matter how "normal" or out of the ordinary it may seem. ![]() So, yes, there's an element of travel adventure to it. True, this is a memoir, a man telling about his life growing up in rural Montana, a place that could just as well have been Turkey or the Australian outback, as far as the typical American would think. This book was no different, but (1) it was nonfiction, and (2) it was perhaps his most highly regarded book, so I persevered. To me, it feels like a lifetime to work through a single paragraph. ![]() As a result, I tried to read one of his fictional books some time back and immediately ran into what seems a trait of Doig, a trait of starting the reader out with an avalanche of descriptive text. And since he lives in our area, she has taken me along several times to listen to him read from his new work as it came out. I'm certain she's read every one of his books, and there have been several. ![]()
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