As our family gathers for a post-
Christmas reunion, I find some of the joyous chaos captured in a Rita Dove poem.
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The Chaotic Joys of a Family Reunion
The Greater Meaning of Family Gatherings
We have just finished up our Maine family reunion at the family cottage, and I’ve been trying to think of literature that deals with reunions. A book that comes to mind is Wallace Stegner’s fine novel Passing to Safety, which opens and concludes with a reunion in a New England summer home. Reflecting upon the […]
