his ancestors and how and where theynlived. Mr. Drake assumes that the readernis interested, although the people henwrites about were not particularly interestingnor novel. What is interesting isnhow they developed a sense of place, hownthey carried it among themselves withoutnever saying much about it, and hownthey handed it along to Boyd, who spentnhalf a lifetime trying to figure out whatngood thing it was that had happened tonhim, and then tried in this book to communicatenit. He talks of love and joy asnthe engines that drove their family happiness,nand he is partly right. But othernfamilies, other settings, can provide lovenand joy; one can even make a case thatnimpoverished people in an urban slumncan experience love and joy. His story isnworth telling because of the things it saysnabout the sense of place. Those whonalready have that sense will recognize itnin Boyd’s book. Those who do not willnrecognize something as missing in theirnlives and may mistakenly think that ifnLady in a Red-Hot Moodn.Ms. Puuliiif Kiifl. a .scxagcrurian bynany ol)JL-iiivi; louni, finiis in her SewnYorker mnsxc reviews propnjmi. her. and UMig a term they probablynpiiked lip in ilas.s. they di.saiss then”variable.’..” Stacy, proieediiip as iCshenwere doing lab work . . .nOne can just feel the reli-ih oozing fromnM.’s. Kaei’,-; pen (or being ma.shed in herntypewriter) a.