![]() When Addie's son and his wife separate the same summer, her six year old grandson Jamie comes to live with her and the dynamic of Addie and Louis' days changes to include this young boy and the dog they adopt for him but their nights remain mostly unchanged. Lying in the dark, these two gentle souls who have found each other share their pasts and the sorrows they carry in their hearts and they forge a lovely and deep relationship with each other. And although the town will gossip about them, Louis agrees, coming to value the comfort of Addie's hand in his as they drift off to sleep. There's nothing sexual in her proposition, just a yearning for connection and companionship. They don't know each other well but one day Addie walks over to Louis' house, tells him that her loneliest hours are at night, and asks him if he'd be willing to come over and share her bed at night. Both are in their 70s, widowed, and living alone. The late Kent Haruf's final novel, Our Souls at Night, is one such novel, written beautifully and reverently and is deeply touching.Īddie Moore and Louis Waters live in the small farming community of Holt, Colorado. The story is beautiful, tender and heart touching.Sometimes you are lucky enough to find a quiet, pleasing jewel of a novel, one that touches you just right and that you hold close to your heart. Overall, the book is about two old people trying to make the last leg of their lives finding comfort in companionship. It got a while for me to get use to reading like this. The narration is seamless and poetic at times, though I don’t know why the quotations before the speech are completely edited. The characters are well carved and easy to sympathize with. The plot is different from what I usually read and also the age bracket of the protagonists especially being portrayed in this light. This book is nothing like what I have read before. Soon in the small town the rumors spread and Addie and Louis have to deal with the people and even their children. ![]() They talk about their lives, their wishes, etc and find solace in each other’s company. Addie and Louis make an arrangement where at night Louis visits Addie’s home. Both in their seventies live alone and crave companionship.ĭays still pass by with chores to do but nights are the toughest. Both of them have lost their spouses and their children are away living their own lives. Addie Moore and Louis Water are neighbors in the small town of Holt, Colorado. It is an unconventional tale of two old people trying to find comfort in each other and facing resistance from the society and their children. Thoughts: This book was written by the author on his death bed. And not all dried up in body and spirit.” That it turns out we’re not finished with changes and excitements. His daughter lives hours away in Colorado Springs, her son even farther away in Grand Junction, and Addie and Louis have long been living alone in houses now empty of family, the nights so terribly lonely, especially with no one to talk with.įavorite Quote: “Who would have thought at this time in our lives that we’d still have something like this. Her husband died years ago, as did his wife, and in such a small town they naturally have known of each other for decades in fact, Addie was quite fond of Louis’s wife. Plot: In the familiar setting of Holt, Colorado, home to all of Kent Haruf’s fiction, Addie Moore pays an unexpected visit to a neighbor, Louis Waters.
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