crossing to safety by Wallace Stegner ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 21, 1987 Stegner takes a long look back—at four decades of a foursome's life—in a novel that at moments is beguiling, though at others it labors for its theme. Pulitzer prize winning author Wallace Stegner's Crossing to Safety is a story about two academic couples who meet in Madison, WI and follows their marriages and friendship over the course of several decades. flag. EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? He died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, while visiting the city to give a lecture. (From Wikipedia.) New York: Random House, 1987. His death was the result of injuries suffered in an automobile accident on March 28, 1993. Crossing to Safety. Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2010. No_Favorite. EMBED. share. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! More generally, it is about the various ways we express the search for meaning, about gradually lost causes, about vulnerability and kindness, about the complicated dependencies of marriage, about … Sharing brief safety stories at the beginning of our leadership meetings has been a great way to reinforce safety in patient care. Note! Late in the book, Larry Morgan is asked by Hallie to write a book about her parents, and thinks in some detail about the difficulties inherent in trying to do so. Crossing to Safety was published in 1987. I really think the title has a lot to with Larry Morgan's "crossing to [the] safety" of a secure life via the safety net provided by Sid and Charity Lang. Print. Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams Afterword by T. H. Watkins Called a “magnificently crafted story . Albert is Medical Director of Digestive Health at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center and a member of the editorial board of Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News. Larry and Sally were manipulated into being like kids in a candy shop with a blank check. First Random House edition. Crossing to Safety Summary & Study Guide Wallace Stegner This Study Guide consists of approximately 44 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Crossing to Safety. 'Crossing to Safety' is a novel about the intertwined lives of two couples. brimming with wisdom” by Howard Frank Mosher in The Washington Post Book World, Crossing to Safety has, since its publication in 1987, established itself as one of the greatest and most cherished American novels of the twentieth century . Crossing to Safety Item Preview > remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. 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