Empire Falls (the novel)

A truly wonderful book that took me quite a while to read. Still debating whether I should watch the miniseries they made for HBO based on the book, or if I should skip it entirely. It's about a town "Empire Falls" that really went down the drain and the people who stayed when they should have left, only to remain under the old Mrs. Whiting's thumb. It really is sad, touching, and well written, and brings up all the right emotions in the right places. And then end is pretty much bittersweet, but it's really a fabulous book.

To Recommend: YES