Plainsong by Kent Haruf, 320 pages

Plainsong was a book club selection this year and the Downtown group just had the pleasure of discussing it.  Everyone gave it a hardy thumbs up.                             The story is set in the high plains of rural Colorado in the small town of Holt.  Several towns people are part of the story Tom Guthrie, his estranged and depressed wife, Ella and their two sons Ike and Bobby.  The other set of brothers, Raymond and Harold McPheron were, hands down, everyone's favorite characters.  I thought these two saved the book from being too depressing.  Other major characters were Victoria Roubideaux, a pregnant teenager and kind teacher, Maggie.                        I recommend this book for anyone who enjoys literary fiction.