returning to under the mountain

My book discussion met last night -- a very long time after I finished reading the book -- but I had begun to reread the book and had been gaining a better appreciation for what Cooke may have been doing. Her descriptions and use of language are beautiful; I wasn't surprised when someone mentioned that the author is also a poet. I love how she wove such poetry into her prose although that irritated others. I had had a nagging feeling that we couldn't trust the narrator -- and the more I read and after our discussion last night, I'm quite convinced that Cooke hasn't fallen flat and broken promises as so many of us in the group had thought. More here later on this book -- although I hadn't planned to reread the book (I will skip the cross-dressing part), a few of us are having another discussion about it.