I love what you wrote here Emily. And I loved Train Dreams. You certainly expressed more important info than the movie reviews.

And on another note, a friend of mine is a VP for Universal Pictures. He and my daughter have been friends since 1st grade! A couple of years ago he was invited to be in the Academy, so now he gets to vote on the Awards. Each year he sends me his top 10 faves of the year. We always have some disagreements as to our likes, etc. But this year just got his list and Train Dreams was No. 1. I was surprised!