Comments on: I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/05/i-cheerfully-refuse-by-leif-enger/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Mon, 27 May 2024 23:30:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/05/i-cheerfully-refuse-by-leif-enger/#comment-295362 Mon, 27 May 2024 23:30:30 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18418#comment-295362 In reply to Chris G.

Cringed or cried, I’m not sure which. It’s not like our choices are much better now. Sigh.

I’ve only ever read Virgil Wander, which of his other books do you recommend?

]]> By: Catherine https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/05/i-cheerfully-refuse-by-leif-enger/#comment-295359 Mon, 27 May 2024 23:25:10 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18418#comment-295359 In reply to Susan.

I keep thinking about this one. It feels very relevant to the times we’re in now.

]]> By: Chris G https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/05/i-cheerfully-refuse-by-leif-enger/#comment-295269 Thu, 23 May 2024 00:04:05 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18418#comment-295269 This is one of my favorites so far this year. I’ve enjoyed two of his other works as well and am now looking forward to being a completist. Some of the sentences were so beautifully written that I had to sit with them a moment. I agree that the darkness in the story was balanced by Rainey’s humanity, and it ultimately left me feeling hopeful.

Did you cringe reading about the first illiterate president?

]]> By: Susan https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2024/05/i-cheerfully-refuse-by-leif-enger/#comment-295190 Fri, 17 May 2024 22:53:40 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=18418#comment-295190 Oh I’m glad you thought this was good …. I just put a hold in for it at the library. Man I remember reading his novel Peace Like a River so long ago. But I liked it.

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