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Thanks to Ruth I tasted Steinbeck for the first time and I liked it.

Mark wrote: "Thanks to Ruth I tasted Steinbeck for the first time and I liked it."

SO glad you enjoyed it! I read this book a couple of months ago to see if it was a book that I wanted to add to the list (this is not to say that I have read every single book on the list but I did my best to research) It may not be my favorite book of all time, but it is up there. I am not an expressive reader, but this short story managed to make me cry. The scenes and characters are fleshed out so well.

If you’ve read other books by Steinbeck is there one that you would recommend I try next?

Up until recently, I genuinely thought that Of Mice and Men was some giant slog to get through. I think I mixed it up with what I'd heard about The Grapes of Wrath. So thank you Ruth for having us read this. It was a good book.

Hi Anouk
I too had the same thought 😊