Comments on: Father’s Day Special: A River Runs Through It

By: jenniferpuryear

jenniferpuryear — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 16:33:12 +0000

In reply to Ridley Wills.

Thank you so much, Ridley! xo

By: Ridley Wills

Ridley Wills — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 15:50:41 +0000

What a constellation of books from which to choose from curious, intelligent minds of Nashvilians.

By: jenniferpuryear

jenniferpuryear — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 12:52:43 +0000

In reply to Mary Raymond.

I’m having a hard time picking up my next book. I’m still walking around with A River Runs Through It in my mind and heart. I’m glad to know you loved it too! I used to keep a book of quotes. Maybe I will try to start that again. Thanks, Mary – xo

By: jenniferpuryear

jenniferpuryear — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 12:48:48 +0000

In reply to Patricia Eastwood.

I love hearing about this book and your summer memories of your father. Thank you so much, Patricia. xo

By: Mary Raymond

Mary Raymond — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:59:32 +0000

I have kept a book of quotes that I have loved from books that I have read over the years. There are probably a dozen quotes from A River Runs Through It in it. It’s a magnificent little book. Thanks for sharing, Jennifer and gents!

By: Patricia Eastwood

Patricia Eastwood — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 10:53:24 +0000

On Fathers’ Day weekend, I usually pull out James Agee’s Pulitzer Prize winning book “A Death in the Family” and read the prologue – which is a work of art – the prologue (included by the publishers after his death) is called by Agee “Knoxville: Summer, 1915”. There are too many wonderful words in that simple chapter to even describe – I dare anyone to read it and not tear up, especially if you have already lost your father as I have so many years ago. I read it and remember my own summer evenings playing kickball with he neighborhood kids after dinner and a bath, while my parents watered plants in the yard or visited with neighbors doing the same – lightning bugs blinking and heat rising off the pavement. Finally it would be dark and my people would gather me up and take me inside. Blessed to have such wonderful memories.