Waiting for White Horses

Rating:
Summary: abundant reader ( USA)
Review: This was a book that I was sorry to finish.
I missed the characters, and wondered what was happening to them when I was not reading.
Not many books can make you laugh one minute and have you grabbing a tissue the next,this is one of those books.
It is a rare book that can evoke that range of emotion.
WOW I can hardly wait for his next book.

Rating:
Summary: Good for Hunters
Review: Waiting for White Horses by Nathan Jorgenson: This book would be a good take-along on a fishing or hunting trip for leisurely reading at night or in the car. The author's descriptions are beautiful, and the book has most appeal for male readers or women hunters. The story will make you laugh, cry and wish you could spend some time at Spider Lake Duck Camp with Grant and Will, the two main characters who share an amazing friendship! Dentist and avid outdoorsman-- Nathan Jorgenson is the winner of the 2004 Benjamin Franklin Award for Best New Voice in Fiction for Waiting for White Horses. Jorgenson has creatively appealed to both males, with the story taking place amid a friendship of two outdoorsmen; and to women, with intriguing love lines. The novel's main character, Grant Thorson, is forced to deal with significant losses, and each new challenge pushes him closer to an agonizing re-appraisal of his own hopes and dreams. The reader is allowed into the touching, personal relationships that Grant has with his best friend, his father, his daughter and his romantic relationships.

Rating:
Summary: A Celebration of Life!
Review: Waiting for White Horses is a true celebration of all the changes we must face as we travel down the road of life. Grant Thorson is sustained through several traumatic losses by his unique bond with his best friend, Will Campbell. This friendship is the basis of how Grant views the world and the path all humans travel. Will tenderly helps Grant define and understand why bad things happen to one person one way and why it will happen another way to someone else. But, when tragedy once again visit Grants life, he must make a choice to live this river of life or to stop living.

Nathan Jorgenson has written a beautiful and compelling first novel. I highly recommend Waiting for White Horses to everyone. It's sure to become a modern classic.

Reviewer name: Deven Vasko of Betsie's Literary Page @ http://betsie.tripod.com/literary/