My review in under 50 words (under 100 if you count parentheticals):
It was a lot like Nobody’s Fool, only with a more robust plot and less Paul Newman (not because he wasn’t in the movie adaptation, which apparently he was, but because I hadn’t seen it and thus couldn’t properly picture him while I was reading). Still thoroughly enjoyable, though, if you enjoy stories about economicaly decrepit towns where the residents have rich if depressing interior lives.
