Of Mice and Men

Of Mice and MenA controversial tale of friendship and tragedy during the Great Depression They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. Laborers in California's dusty vegetable fields, they hustle work when they can, living a hand to mouth existence. For George and Lennie have a plan:

Hundreds of years later

to safety deep into the Boundary Waters

” –The Washington Post

They reveal the psyche of a young man on the verge of an emotional reckoning

their planned mother-daughter trip of a lifetime looms: to Positano

Which is a problem because Elsy is beginning to think the town’s happily-ever-after might just be intertwined with her own

and handcrafted beauty

Or could they even be better

The story of all of us

But Emily Wilde is not good at people

Lo Blacklock

A New York Times Notable Book of 2017