A Larry McMurtry novel
Loop Group by Larry McMurtry
I picked up this CD because I did like McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove and Terms of Endearment
This is a funny yet sobering road trip novel reminiscent of Thelma and Louise… (This from the book jacket).
Maggie runs a group that dubs voices for movies. She has three pushy daughters and gets her kicks with her far older Sicilian lover who also happens to be her psychiatrist. Her best friend since childhood goes in for younger men. The women are getting past their prime and decide to have one great adventure and they decide to drive to Texas to visit Maggie’s elderly aunt who has a million chickens among other things. On their trip across Texas they keep bumping into one zany character after another. The characters are believable and it is very easy to get caught up in their world.
There is sex talk but no descriptive graphic sex.
I would recommend this book on Cd for something light to listen to or read. I don’t think it is up to the author’s earlier books but it is OK. The reader was CJ Critt and I thought very good.