The Right Distance
Samuel F. Pickering. University of Georgia Press, $19.95 (192pp) ISBN 978-0-8203-0906-4
A sequel to A Continuing Education, Pickering's second collection of essays will again earn him laurels. The 15 pieces are quietly humorous, tender, nostalgic observations of a family man. Following publication of his first book, his neighbors dubbed him ""our writer'': ``Before then, I was their layabout,'' in the yard of his home in rural Connecticut. There are vignettes about adventures with his wife Vicki and their small children; in other pieces, he recalls his parents and rowdy youthful companions, now tamed by the years into solid citizens. Pickering's enjoyable essays are marked by informal but flawlessly crafted prose. (September)
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Reviewed on: 09/30/1987
Genre: Nonfiction