The bulk of this novel describes the marriage of Susan and Oliver Ward, narrated by their grandson, the retired history professor Lyman.
One character in this book invents a hydraulic cement system and valves for controlling floods, but is unable to profit due to lack of patents, and after Agnes drowns in a canal in this work, Frank Sargent kills himself. This book ends with a dream about Ada Hawkes being put in the hospital. The main character of this novel keeps a diary of his activities so that his son Rodman, a sociology professor, cannot have him declared incompetent. A resident of Zodiac Cottage, that protagonist discovers that a woman who married the editor of Scribner's, Augusta Drake, was likely involved in a lesbian relationship with his grandmother. The bulk of this novel describes the marriage of Susan and Oliver Ward, narrated by their grandson, the retired history professor Lyman. For 10 points, name this novel by Wallace Stegner.
One character in this book invents a hydraulic cement system and valves for controlling floods, but is unable to profit due to lack of patents, and after Agnes drowns in a canal in this work, Frank Sargent kills himself.
{Angle of Repose}