If you read “The Worst Hard Time” by Timothy Egan, then part of this book will be familiar to you. It details the struggle of a fictional, though representative, Texas farm family, not far from Dalhart, Texas. The second part of the book details what happens to this family when they flee the Dust Bowl, Read More
Month: February 2023
The Maid’s Version, by Daniel Woodrell
This book tells, eventually, the story of what happened on the night of the explosion at the dance hall in a small, southwest Missouri town. The narrator is the grand-nephew of a woman killed in the blast, and he learns about the incident, and about many of the people in the town, during the summer Read More