Jonathan Odell, The View from Delphi

Odell takes up the sympathies of two mothers on opposite sides of the racial divide, who are connected by grief as they deal with the loss of their sons and watch the dawn of the desegregation era come to their small Mississippi town. Odell once had a successful corporate career. He tossed it, and almost everything else in his life, aside for a soul-searching expedition to Costa Rica. He came back and wrote this book. 10 E. Exchange St., St. Paul; 651-290-1221