Chicago by Brian Doyle

What a wonderful homage to a city and to those first delightful years of independence after college!  I think I found something to smile about on every page.  Doyle created this fictional memoir from short humorous vignettes he had sent to his brother to get him through an illness.  He obviously loved his time in Chicago and even if you have never been there, you can tell why.  If I were ever to write about a place that I loved, I would want readers to feel about that place like I felt about Chicago.  A real feel good read.  Not that my book group agreed.  They had a problem with Edward the intelligent talking dog.  Go figure.