Read it or Weep

Montana 1948 September 29, 2009

I was surprised as well to find one of my very favorite books removed from a school reading list in Oklahoma.  Montana 1948 by Larry Watson was removed, according to the American Booksellers for Free Expression, for “profanity and descriptions of nudity and sex crimes.” Montana 1948 packs a quiet punch. It is a coming-of-age story in which 12-year-old David observes his parents trying to reconcile loyalty for family with the need for justice for those wronged.  David’s uncle, a revered doctor, has been accused of the sexual assaults of Native American women.  Author Larry Watson brings Montana and the 1940s to life with his beautiful writing.  Young David was forever changed by witnessing the moral courage of his parents. 

~Rosemary~