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I heart SLP! Seriously, what a great read. Each chapter is told from the point of view of one of the characters, so it reads almost like extended prose monologues that flow in beauty and simplicity the way that Parks's writing usually does. Yet the subject - how much are we fated to act out our lives (and isn't this the stuff of all great literature) is played out uniquely, through the discussion of Beede blood and Beede luck contrasted through the admissions of guilts - most tiny, some large - we as readers are privy to in the interior moments of the mind each chapter includes. It seems that many of us want to believe in the larger narrative of fate, and yet if we were to really look at our thoughts and actions, we might have to acknowledge that fate is of our own construction.
it was great
published in 1985, read it in late 80's or possible 1990's. Liked it.