A review by judyward
The Widower's Tale by Julia Glass

2.0

I liked the first third of this book more than the rest. Seventy year old Percy Darling has been persuaded to allow a progressive preschool to move into the barn on his property in a small town in Massachusettes just outside of Boston. And, predictably, the opening of the preschool turns his rather regimented life inside-out. There are children and their parents on his property, he can no long swim nude in the pond on the edge of his property, and there is a tree house in his favorite tree. As the story unfolds, the author tries to insert every current social issue into the plot. There is illegal immigration, eco-terroristism, gay marriage, a health-care crisis, international adoption, and, of course, divorce. I hoped for more and was slightly disappointed.