Few authors write with the grace of Wallace Stegner. Crossing to Safety isn’t just a novel—it’s a masterclass in storytelling, a beautifully crafted portrait of friendship, marriage, and time’s passage. Stegner’s prose is luminous, his sentences so exquisitely structured I often reread them just to savor their rhythm. If hard writing makes for easy reading, Stegner must have worked tirelessly to create a novel that feels effortless. The story follows two couples—Larry and Sally Morgan, Sid and Charity Lang—whose lives intertwine over four decades, from Depression-era Wisconsin to Vermont’s rolling hills. While Larry, an aspiring writer, finds success, his life is marked by hardship as Sally battles polio. Sid, […]