Remembering Laughter by Wallace Stegner

Short, direct, and a bit haunting. This Wallace Stegner novel is about Margaret and Alec, a couple living on a farm in Iowa, and Elspeth, Margaret's sister who comes to live with them. This book covers infidelity, family secrets, shame, and consequences. Not my favorite Stegner novel because it seemed too linear compared to his later works. However, Stegner is a master at accurately portraying and describing human emotions, and that is apparent here, in his very first novel.