What We're Reading: Debbie

That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo

This is the second of this Pulitzer Prize winning author's works that I have read. This is the story of Griffin, a college professor and sometime LA TV writer, and his quest to repair his life by going back to capture the Cape Cod of his youth. Deeply introspective, he confronts his parents and their failed marriage, his own marriage, and the blossoming adulthood of his daughter. Even while touching on very serious topics, Russo has a sense of humor that gives a good chuckle every few pages.

I've also read Russo's The Straight Man, another story of a middle aged man in academia, and really like that too. His novel, Nobody's Fool, was made into a wonderful movie starring Paul Newman.