Old Songs in a New Cafe Book

This collection of shorts is vastly overshadowed by his blockbuster, Bridges of Madison County, but nevertheless well worth a read just for the homespun, poignant stories, mostly autobiographical or from personal contacts, I assume. He leads off with 'Excavating Rachel's Room', which deals with his thoughts about his daughter leaving home to find adulthood--many of us can relate to that, and you will be moved by his thoughts and wishes for his daughter. I especially enjoyed 'The Boy from the Burma Hump', which deals with flying in Asia, something personal to me. I also read a couple of his other works, but found them less deserving than this one. His creation of the male character in 'Bridges' apparently really sticks with people, as anecdotes say that people still show up at National Geographic wanting to see the Robert Kincaid photo exhibit. Kincaid of course was a totally fictional character, but very real in so many readers minds. You may note that Robert James Waller died a couple years ago in Fredericksburg, Texas.