John Updike - My Father's Tears and Other Stories

I enjoyed this last compilation of John Updike short stories. Updike writes mainly from the vantage point of the last years of his life. A man goes back to the town of his youth to meet some old high school friends. He gets lost and finds the meeting awkward. In "Personal Archaeology" a man rummages through the back pages of his life and finds treasures. In "Varieties of Religious Experiences" we experience the varying religious expressions of those affected by 9/11. All in all, the stories represent the final ruminations of a supreme writer in the 7th decade of his life.