**Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams**
Afterword by T. H. Watkins
Called a "magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom" by
Howard Frank Mosher in The Washington Post Book World, Crossing to
Safety has, since its publication in 1987, established itself as one of
the greatest and most cherished American novels of the twentieth
century. Tracing the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who
move between Vermont and Wisconsin, it is a work of quiet majesty, deep
compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and
marriage.