Sometimes a Great Notion

Named one of the "12 Essential Northwest Books" by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Ken Kesey's Sometimes a Great Notion is often overshadowed by its higher-profile predecessor, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Yet it is a no-less-important addition to the canon of American letters.

In a coastal Oregon logging community resides the Stamper family. As stubborn a clan as there ever was, the Stampers own a saw mill providing wood and jobs to the local economy. But with the introduction of the chainsaw, the need for labor is diminished, and a bitter strike threatens to engulf the town. When the decision is made to defy the strike and continue producing lumber as before, the family becomes fractured-pitting father against son and brother against sister.