Ohhh - thank you for the book rec - I haven't read anything else from Strout - I only got it because I saw Amy & Isabelle on a list of must reads for 2017 or some such list, and found it at the GW. I have read The Poisonwood Bible and thought it was fantastic, so I'm up for some more Barbara K too - plus my roots are in backwoods KY. I might have to go ahead and Amazon Prime that one.Did you read Olive Kittredge? It's also by Elizabeth Strout.
If you haven't read Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver then I'd say find a copy. I've read it twice and it's one of my favorite books. There's something about the prose, it's thought-provoking with surprising incidents of side-stitching humor. Each time I'm fully immersed in the rural backwoods of this Kentucky farm; life comes to a crawl and yet the pages fly by to the perfect conclusion.
I know this was addressed to Holly but thought I'd just tell you I did see the miniseries on HBO with Frances McDormand.
She was at an awards show and I recall her telling the audience "Read the book!" I do believe the miniseries won some sort of award, as she was up on stage with a bunch of others when she said that.
Now I'll have to see whether this can be checked out of my library here - so many good books out there!
Oh shoot _ I forgot to add the quote Doc Creed
I did not know about the series either, but Frances McDormand is a great actor! I loved her in Fargo and 3 Billboards. I'll try to find that to stream on HBO.