Now In November
Book description
Brilliant, evocative, poetic, savage, this Pulitzer Prize-winning first novel (1934) depicts a white, middle-class urban family that is turned into dirt-poor farmers by the Depression and the great drought of the thirties.
Like Ethan Frome, the relatively brief, intense story evokes the torment possible among people isolated and driven by…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Now In November as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Recently, a series of unfortunate events created the perfect storm of unexpected expenses, and the debt that resulted has me vacillating between the wet wool of depression and ice-cold shrieks of panic. I try to be open about my money woes, and when I told a loved one about my predicament, she suggested that I read this book.
This gorgeous Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is a beautiful, poetic, and brutal story about a family during the Depression and how they lost almost everything over the course of a year as the great drought ravages their crops, hearts, and minds.
This lean…
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