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A Wistful Look Back Jun 07, 2008
Full disclosure: This author is a good friend.
Now, about the book:
Farewell Bend is one individual's story of what is probably a universal human experience: in one's later years, wistfully looking back on youth with some fondness and nostalgia; but also with sadness and regret, for lost opportunities, lost families, loves and friendships, and lost days and years that are simply gone forever and can't be brought back. This man is remembering his 1950s youth in a small isolated Oregon town that is, depending on perception, a charming, rustic piece of Americana, or a boring, dreary dead end. But most everybody who's lived a few years has their own "Farewell Bend," to deal with, whether a small town or urban center.
The message that emerges from this story is that it's ultimately useless to try to run away. Better to fully embrace each moment, wherever and whenever, than to grow old looking back with regret.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Recall your own bravado with trepidation May 20, 2008
Anyone who looks back at his or her past with nostalgia, melancholy or trepidation will love this book. This reader winced with embarrassed recognition at the predicaments in which the main character Jack found himself, and recalled the combination of bravado and insecurity that characterizes the passage from adolescence to young adulthood. I particularly appreciated the fact that the writer presented Jack as a complicated person, rather than as a cardboard character: either a jock/ladies' man or a complete nerd. And I loved the newspaper angle -- it gave the writer a window through which to view the main characters, their relationships and the 1950s town in which they lived.
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