The View from Mount Joy: A Novel by
Lorna Landvik
Joyful!
When teenage hockey player Joe Andreson and his widowed mother move
to Minneapolis, Joe falls under the seductive spell of Kristi Casey, Ole Bull
High’s libidinous head cheerleader. Joe balances Kristi’s lustful
manipulation with the down-to-earth companionship of his smart, platonic
girlfriend, Darva. But it is Kristi who will prove to be a temptation (and
torment) throughout Joe’s life.
Years later, Joe can’t believe that life has deposited him in the aisles of
Haugland Foods. But he soon learns that being a grocer is like being the
mayor of a small town: His constituents confide astonishing things and
always appreciate Joe’s generous dispensing of the milk of human
kindness. The path Kristi has charged down, on the other hand, is as wild
as Joe’s is tame. But who has really risked more? Who has lived more?
And who is truly happy? As Joe discovers, sometimes people are lucky
enough to be standing in the one place where the view of the world is
breathtaking, if only they’ll open their eyes to all there is to see.
Praise for The View from Mount Joy:
“A delightful journey . . . full of humor and poignancy and the potential for
joy in everyday life.”
–The Charlotte Observer
“Deeply satisfying . . . Bursting with the same deliciously deadpan dia logue
that is now a Landvik trademark . . . [The View from Mount Joy provides]
quite possibly Landvik’s most lovable character to date.”
–Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Pervaded by the same tenderness readers loved in Landvik’s other books
The View from Mount Joy . . . Should inspire interesting book club
discussions.”
–St. Paul Pioneer Press
“[Landvik] has an easy, engaging narrative style laced with humor.”
–The Boston Globe
“Landvik’s latest homespun homage is pure bliss.”
–Booklist
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ST. PAUL
PIONEER PRESS
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I loved this book; I havent enjoyed reading a book this much in a long time.
I want Joe to be my friend and neighbor, and I want his grocery store in my
town!
Light reading, sure, but its ultimate themes of joy, hope, and happiness,
and the bumps along the way, make for a pleasurable story.
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