Book Recommendation

Jan 2009

I devoured Wally Lamb's latest: The First Hour I Believed on vacation.

The main character is a middle-aged man, who after reconciling with his wife, they start over in Littleton, Colorado. He teaches and she is the school nurse at Columbine High School. The story evolves to the idea of the victims of other victims. He also begins a personal quest for meaning and faith. As the book jacket states, it becomes a "mythic journey."

If you have any interest in the work of Joseph Campbell or Viktor Frankle... the various themes explored in this novel will be quite enjoyable. And if you weren't familiar with those writers, after reading this novel, check them out.

It was also intriguing how he intertwined the actual events and people of the Columbine tragedy. And the story about his great grandmother was almost as arresting as his.