Author: lornalandvik

A bittersweet, seriously funny novel of a life, a small town, and a key to our troubled times traced through a newspaper columnist’s half-century of taking in, and taking on, the world The curmudgeon who wrote the column “Ramblin’s by Walt” in the Granite Creek Gazette dismissed his successor as “puking on paper.” But when Haze Evans first appeared in the small-town newspaper, she earned fans … small-town newspaper, she earned fans by writing a story about her bachelor uncle who brought a Queen of the Rodeo to Thanksgiving dinner. Now, fifty years later, when the beloved columnist suffers a…

Dissatisfied with their lives, five women come together to form a book club — and a friendship that sees them through decades of laughter, loss, and transformation. “Witty and wise… Landvik’s ladies endure the best and worst of times together (and recommend some great reads along the way)” (Booklist).