Why did Claire love this book?
So much of modern writing requires mental acrobatics. It doesn’t engage the heart. But Lime Creek does just that. It is all heart and beautiful writing about the relationship between a father and his sons in the cowboy West that lingers into the modern world.
Joe Henry is a poet and songwriter who has written for the likes of John Denver and Frank Sinatra; he is a hermit who lives by a Colorado river, and his book Lime Creek is every bit as tender and profound as it should be.
2 authors picked Lime Creek as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
In this wonderful work of fiction, Joe Henry explores the complex relationship between a father and his sons, whose deep connections to one another, to the land, and to the creatures that inhabit it give meaning to their lives.
Spencer Davis, his wife, Elizabeth, and their sons, Luke, Whitney, and Lonny, work with horses and with their hands. They spend long relentless days cutting summer hay and feeding it to their cattle through fierce Wyoming winters. The family bears witness to the cycle of life, bringing foals into the world and deciding when to let a favored mare pass on…