Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 09:10:05 -0400
From: Barbara Lorie
Subject: Lyle Estill’s book
Yesterday, I received a copy of Lyle Estill’s newest book, Small Is Possible. I came home at 2:30, put on some easy-going clothes, lay down on the couch on the porch, read until 8, took a half hour off to
look at Jon Stewart, then finished the book. I could not put the book down. This a wonderful reclaiming of the recent history of events in our county, Chatham. The chapters are contained by writing on one subject in the true essay form, full of details about people we all know and some of whom we love. The writing is almost lyrical in some places. But what is exciting is to read is all that has made our county special. In a way I am scared that this excellent book will make it nationally as it is so well written, a Wendell Berry of Chatham, and that our special place will become a spotlight for people who want to see that change is possible in our diseased world. If that happens, however, I will hail to the chief who wrote it.
This is one of those books that comes along once and a great while, the kind of book that you want to send to EVERYONE, the kind of book we can take pleasure in reading to our children, as well as chuckling at various places while we read to ourselves. I absolutely love it and hope that all of you rush to Chatham Market Place or the McIntyre’s at Fearrington to buy it. I hope you buy a lot of copies and pass it around as birthday, wedding, graduation whatever kind of gift. It is that universal in its message. Regards to all of you on this beautiful rainy spring day. Barbara Lorie
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