The Last Chairlift

Thank you Simon and Schuster for this gifted copy.

I about fell out of my chair when I saw that John Irving had a book coming out, and then did my geeky happy dance when it showed up at my door. The Last Chairlift is a book I’m going to slowly savor since Irving is the master of storytelling.

𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙄𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚—𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙂𝙖𝙧𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙍𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙨. 𝘼 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙚𝙭𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙄𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨.

In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill and Slalom Championships. Little Ray, as she is called, finishes nowhere near the podium, but she manages to get pregnant. Back home, in New England, Little Ray becomes a ski instructor.

Her son, Adam, grows up in a family that defies conventions and evades questions concerning the eventful past. Years later, looking for answers, Adam will go to Aspen. In the Hotel Jerome, where he was conceived, Adam will meet some ghosts; in The Last Chairlift, they aren’t the first or the last ghosts he sees.

💬 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞?

AOTD: Nope! I’m not a fan of the cold so I haven’t tried it.