The View from Mount Joy: A Novel

The View from Mount Joy: A Novel

The View from Mount Joy, Lorna Landvikâ€™s delightfully quirky and intensely moving new novel, is about a man, a supermarket, the roads not taken, and the great, unexpected pleasures found in living a good life.

When hunky teenage hockey player Joe Andreson and his widowed mother move to Minneapolis, Joe falls under the seductive spell of Kristi Casey, Ole Bull Highâ€™s libidinous head cheerleader, the kind of girl a guy canâ€™t say no to, even when saying yes guarantees trouble. Joe balances Kristiâ€™s lustful manipulation with the down-to-earth companionship of his smart, platonic girlfriend, Darva. But it is Kristi who will prove to be a temptation (and torment) throughout Joeâ€™s life.

Years later, having once dreamed of a career in pro hockey or as a globetrotting journalist, Joe canâ€™t believe that life has deposited him in the aisles of Haugland Foods. But he soon learns that being a grocer is like being the mayor of a small town: His constituents confide astonishing things and always appreciate the value of a hard-to-pass-up special, a free toy for a well-behaved youngster, a pie for the best rendition of â€œAlfie,â€ or simply Joeâ€™s generous dispensing of the milk of human kindness. For Joe, everyday life is its own roller-coaster ride, and all he wants to do is hold on tight.

The path Kristi has charged down, on the other hand, is as wild as Joeâ€™s is tameâ€“or at least thatâ€™s how it appears to the outside world. But who has really risked more? Who has lived more? And who is truly happy? As Joe discoversâ€“in this dramatic, heartbreaking, and hilarious novelâ€“sometimes people are lucky enough to be standing in the one place where the view of the world is breathtaking, if only theyâ€™ll open their eyes to all there is to see.

The View from Mount Joy is truly glorious: a warm, wonderful picture of life as seen from the deepest places in the heart.
Country USA
Brand Ballantine Books
Manufacturer Ballantine Books
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2007-09-04
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780345468376

Country	USA
Brand	Ballantine Books
Manufacturer	Ballantine Books
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2007-09-04
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780345468376

The View from Mount Joy: A Novel

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