I really am still doing this! Since posting last, I've read The Postman Always Rings Twice and Ironweed. After reading them I needed a handful of antidepressants and a little break from sad books (though they do say so much).
Ironweed is the tale of a bum and his lady friend. They drink, they fight, they look for places to sleep, and....yeah, that's what they do. I think this book might have spoken to me when I was 19, and there are parts that are just beautiful and heart-breaking (too heartbreaking), but these days a book this dark leaves me empty.
Which brings us to the carousel ride that is Postman. I've struggled so much since opening a business with the feeling that people are always out for something and this book makes me think, well, yes! They are! And they will kill you and push you over the ridge in your car if you let them get you drunk!
We watched the movie versions of Ambersons and Postman (the original, not the Jack Nicholson one). Ironweed is not available on DVD. Huh?
My little break from the list has involved Stillmeadow Daybook, one of several chronicles of life in the country by Gladys Taber, The Emperor's Children. Are there books about good people??
According to the list, I should begin The Ginger Man now. I hope it is filled with birthday parties, trips to the beach and sundaes. The back of the book says it's "nasty and lyrical." Yay!
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