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A beautiful book.
This is the first book that I have read by Waller. It is a beautiful story that explains perfectly how the human mind always yearns for somthing that it doesn have. It is also a story of growing old and romance. It follows characters through their depressing pasts living in the midwest. Being only 16 years old perhaps this story would be even more impressive if I were 50 years old because I would then be able to relate more to the novel and how it portrays the lonelyness of getting old. This book gives an insight into the actuall thought process of the hopeless romantic, somthing I have not ever experienced in any other novels.

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A Nice Flow
I found this book in a bargain bin a few years back and finally got around to reading it only recently. Fortunately, I was glad I did, as it was diversely interesting, different from what I expected, too. No big surprises or stunning twists, but a nice flow all the same. Waller has a style of writing that fits the characters in his story; he writes from the angle of a Texas cowboy or other southern rugged, feral type, raw and unrefined.

'Border Music' is the story of untamed love, of romance initiated on a whim. It is the story of Jack Carmine and Linda Lobo, a drifter in a pickup truck and a sexy barroom dancer, who meet by chance, and decide to take a chance with each other. Sometimes a man will simply be a man, a drifter always a drifter as well; love dwindles and fades, and events become uncontrollable; fate takes control. Life gets on in years and the past appears as a dream. We know, ourselves, how much we'd love to try and grasp it and hold onto it just one more time, but always find it gone forever, leaving only faded memories. Country singer, Bobby McGregor, Jack's close friend, eventually realizes that his memories make him smile and reminisce, as he longs for the good ol' days to re-emerge. Uncle Vaughn Rhomer leaves in search of a dream, too, yearning for the experience himself, in search of his nephew also.

Maybe it's Jack who has the right idea, God's freeborn soul, for even though he longs for Linda, his true love, his heart calls on him to constantly wander ... keeping life fresh, free, and unpredictable.

Don't look back, Jack Carmine.

Though a novel for women also, this is a love story for men, which is somewhat rare.
Waller pulled it off nicely.

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Not Music to my ears
I expected more from the author of Bridges of Madison County, but I was disappointed. I found the alternating timelines confusing also. I didn't think the Uncle's adventures and thoughts added anything to the story. Someone who listened to this book on tape said they fast forwarded, so did I reading it. There was lots of meandering thoughts and quotes from other writers that I just skimmed over. Didn't particularly dislike this book but can't say it was really good either.