A Fine Time to Leave Me
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- $2.99
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
From Algonquin, the original publisher...
In this engaging novel, Terry Pringle chronicles the ups and downs, the joys and ordeals of two people who discover that, in Lori's words, "weddings don't involve any real commitment because most of the time the people involved don't even know each other and don't know what marriage is like. The commitment has to come later, somewhere down the line, when they figure out what they've gotten into."
From reviews...
"Another irreverent winner about another institution. He pins down modern marriage in all its anorexic ambiguity, then fortifies it with maturing love, good faith, and common sense and releases it to fly again, healthier and wiser." --Chicago Tribune
"Reading this sweet novel by the author of The Preacher's Boy is like watching an ant struggle to carry a crumb across a patio, an experience both super-ordinary and quietly cosmic." --Publishers Weekly
"Should be required reading for young adults contemplating marriage, and will be a delightful excursion down memory lane for those already on its roller coaster ride." -- Orlando Sentinel
A Fine Time to Leave Me is more than just another good story and Terry Pringle is more than just another good writer. And readers would be more than smart to pick this one up for good summer reading." --Grand Rapids Press
"Scene after scene is rich and evocative, no matter how brief." --The State, Columbia, S.C.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Reading this sweet novel by the author of The Preacher's Boy is like watching an ant struggle to carry a crumb across a patio, the experience both super-ordinary and quietly cosmic. Chris Gray, a navy vet, son of a plain Texas farmer, marries Lori Connor, a Baptist-American Princess, daughter of a rich oil man. Together, the aptly named Grays lead a life of quiet desperation and commitment. Tempted to cheat on each other, they never do. Chris fantasizes that he will one day take off on a motorcycle and bum around Europe. Instead, he fathers a child. Lori immerses herself in wallpapering and house decorating in order to keep larger issues at bay. Nothing much happens. And yet, as a profound love grows between these two people, their struggle to maintain their marriage and new family is ennobled. Too tranquil to appeal to everyone, this quiet book may, with luck, find its own appreciative audience.
