The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck
Steinbeck is my favorite author. I never remember reading his work in high school having discovered him only after listening to a park ranger speak at the bottom of the Grand Canyon about The Grapes of Wrath. I found a copy of The Winter of Our Discontent at the local library book sale. There was no passing it up.
Ethan Hawley is a proud New Englander who is struggling to make sense of his life. He works as a clerk in a grocery store after having lost the store he owned to his poor business skills. Providing support to his lovely wife, Mary and two growing children, eats at his core. In Ethan's mind he must be poor since he is a "clerk". It's his mind that holds him back. When Ethan is faced with the choice between right and wrong, it's his mind that propels into a place he's not sure he wants to go.
The Winter of Our Discontent is Steinbeck's view of life in America in the late 1950's. The story focuses on thought more than plot which is what I love about reading a book. It's also what I love about Steinbeck. He writes a novel that plucks my heart strings and makes me think. This is the last book Steinbeck published. He didn't save the best for last, but he gave us a timeless story on what it takes to be human.
Steinbeck is my favorite author. I never remember reading his work in high school having discovered him only after listening to a park ranger speak at the bottom of the Grand Canyon about The Grapes of Wrath. I found a copy of The Winter of Our Discontent at the local library book sale. There was no passing it up.
Ethan Hawley is a proud New Englander who is struggling to make sense of his life. He works as a clerk in a grocery store after having lost the store he owned to his poor business skills. Providing support to his lovely wife, Mary and two growing children, eats at his core. In Ethan's mind he must be poor since he is a "clerk". It's his mind that holds him back. When Ethan is faced with the choice between right and wrong, it's his mind that propels into a place he's not sure he wants to go.
The Winter of Our Discontent is Steinbeck's view of life in America in the late 1950's. The story focuses on thought more than plot which is what I love about reading a book. It's also what I love about Steinbeck. He writes a novel that plucks my heart strings and makes me think. This is the last book Steinbeck published. He didn't save the best for last, but he gave us a timeless story on what it takes to be human.
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