I'm not typically a mainstream literary fiction reader. I like dragons or werewolves, ghosts or spooks, a historical period piece, or a mystery with enough of a puzzle that makes me wonder where the author is going. In short The Long Road Home is not my normal read. But I picked it up and found from beginning to end that I truly enjoyed the book.
The story opens with a widow whose husband committed suicide while in desperate financial straits. His widow, Nora, fights to save a piece of property on a Vermont mountainside. Everyone thinks she's not the type to work a farm and don't expect much from her. She's out to prove them wrong. She has to. She has no where else to go.
Nora gets help from a farm-hand working the neighbor's farm. He agrees to help, repairing her house before winter sets in and teaching her the care of animals. They slowly fall in love. Of course, love is never a straightforward and easy thing in a book, but some surprises should be opened by the reader. Suffice it to say, that Mary Alice Monroe knows how to keep a reader's attention.
The Long Road Home is worth a look.
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