Jayber Crow
Author: Wendell Berry
“This is a book about Heaven,” says Jayber Crow, “but I must say too that . . . I have wondered sometimes if it would not finally turn out to be a book about Hell.” It is 1932 and he has returned to his native Port William to become the town’s barber.Orphaned at age ten, Jayber Crow’s acquaintance with loneliness and want have made him a patient observer of the human anima….Read More
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