Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner

I have never read Stegner so checked this out.  I started out with keen interest, but I have to say, my interest waned as I went along. Not sure why. The writing is fabulous, the locale was Madison, WI, so that was a plus, too.
Maybe I just was not in the mood. But I will also read Angle of Repose soon, since that was my goal.