Liberating Paris : A Novel by Linda Bloodworth Thomason (?)
I think you will like it more if you are also from a small town. Wood becomes completely irrational near the end and that was the one complaint I have as he didn't work through it.
This is a good book and well written. It contains a unique combination of humor, pathos, wisdom, folly and symbolism. The writing is filled with little gems worthy of being quoted (see examples at the end of this review). However as with most novels, some improper activity is required to create a ...
Bloodworth Thomason spent years in television before writing a novel. I've liked that work, and she must be some kind of distant relation, although I don't know how. A warm, funny book about death-dealing big box stores and small towns.