Ordinary People

Ordinary People (1976) by Judith Guest. It's just about impossible to read this novel without envisioning Timothy Hutton, Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore in the principle roles. This is no fault of the book, but of the fact that I've seen the motion picture based on the book several times, and it is one of my favorite movies. There are some disappointments for fans of the movie; certain scenes that highlight the film do not appear in the book. Nevertheless, this is a finely crafted, movingly written book that I highly recommend. Grade: A