Review
From the book jacket:
Set in the high-country of Wyoming, this is a
riveting tale of hard-won friendship, old
wounds, fresh pain and love lost and found.
Comment: An
Unfinished Life is
somewhat similar in style to Kent Haruf's
Plainsong
- but grittier. Jean Gilkyson hasn't been
home to Wyoming for ten years, since her husband
died in a car accident; she was driving
and her father-in-law, Einar, has never forgiven
her. However, now she's out of money...
Beyond the Book
Before
this book, Spragg published a memoir (
Where
Rivers Change Direction, 1999) and
a novel,
The
Fruit of Stone. The
movie of
An Unfinished Life
(starring Robert Redford and Jennifer
Lopez) was originally due to be
released around Christmas 2004 but is
now scheduled for September this year.
Spragg and his wife...
