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The heart of it all : a novel / Christian Kiefer.
"A small, declining town in Ohio. A family bereaved by terrible loss. A searing narrative about how American lives touch each other across divides both real and imagined ... Set in failing small town in central Ohio, The Heart of It All asks how one manages, in an America of increasing unsurety, to find a sense of family and community. Focusing on the members of three families: the Baileys, a white family who have put down deep roots in the community; the Marwats, an immigrant family that owns the town's largest employer; and the Shaws, especially young Anthony, an outsider whose very presence gently shakes the town's understanding of itself. A gorgeous, stirring novel in the classic vein of Richard Ford, Marilynne Robinson, Richard Russo, and Kent Haruf, The Heart of It All asks the reader to consider an America both divided and bound by its differences"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781685890810 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 360 pages ; 21 cm
- Publisher: Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, 2023.
- Copyright: ©2022
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| Subject: | City and town life > Ohio > Fiction. Families > Ohio > Fiction. Small cities > Ohio > Fiction. United States > Social conditions > 21st century > Fiction. United States > Social life and customs > 21st century > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | FIC Kiefe | 31681010339109 | FICTIONPBK | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"A small, declining town in Ohio. A family bereaved by terrible loss. A searing narrative about how American lives touch each other across divides both real and imagined... Set in failing small town in central Ohio, The Heart of It All asks how one manages, in an America of increasing unsurety, to find a sense of family and community. Focusing on the members of three families: the Baileys, a white family who have put down deep roots in the community; the Marwats, an immigrant family that owns the town's largest employer; and the Shaws, especially young Anthony, an outsider whose very presence gently shakes the town's understanding of itself. A gorgeous, stirring novel in the classic vein of Richard Ford, Marilynne Robinson, Richard Russo, and Kent Haruf,The Heart of It All asks the reader to consider an America both divided and bound by its differences"-- - Baker & Taylor
Set in an America of increasing unsurety, this breathtaking novel focuses on the members of three very families in a small, declining Ohio town where they are both divided and bound by their differences. Original. - Random House, Inc.
"Deeply moving and beautifully written. I couldn't put it down." â Jesmyn Ward, author of Sing, Unburied, Sing
"For anyone who believes, as I do, that the best hope for our fractured country is local, not national, Christian Kieferâs new novel The Heart of it All will provide a welcome balm for the spirit. Here are people worth spending time with, not because theyâre perfect, but because theyâre not. Whatâs wrong with them isnât nearly as consequential as how hard they fight for a better life, and not just for themselves. You set the book down and think, âThis is what weâre made of.â Or should be."âRichard Russo, author of Somebodyâs Fool
A small, declining town in Ohio. A family bereaved by terrible loss. A searing narrative about how American lives touch each other across divides both real and imagined...
Set in failing small town in central Ohio, The Heart of It All asks how one manages, in an America of increasing division, to find a sense of family and community.
Focusing on the members of three families: the Baileys, a white family who have put down deep roots in the community; the Marwats, an immigrant family that owns the townâs largest employer; and the Shaws, especially young Anthony, an outsider whose very presence gently shakes the townâs understanding of itself.
A gorgeous, stirring novel in the classic vein of Richard Ford, Marilynne Robinson, Richard Russo, and Kent Haruf, The Heart of It All asks the reader to consider an America both divided and bound by its differences.
