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In the aftermath of her husband's devastating suicide, Claire Schiller moves with their two young children into the home of her in-laws during an oppressive Minnesota winter and shares unexpected moments of comfort, healing, and humor. A first novel.
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"Poignant." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Powerful." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Hornbacher's debut novel is one of triumph and survival...A gripping tale of a family that copes despite the odds."--Library Journal
"Told alternately by Claire, Kate and Esau... Hornbacher finds the perfect pitch for their voices and their stories."--Baltimore Sun
"Poignant."--Kirkus Reviews
"A truly stunning debut... Chips away at the darkness to reveal the ever-evolving possibilities of the human spirit."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Uplifting, even humorous. . . . A captivating first novel."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"Hornbacher succeeds marvelously...[She] constructs a kaleidoscope of speakers at times beautiful and often disturbing...[An] adroit first novel."--Los Angeles Book Review
"Intimate... [Hornbacher's] description of Claire Shiller's long, slow return to physical desire is delicious in its restraint and directness."--New York Times Book Review
"Powerful."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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"Powerful." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"Hornbacher's debut novel is one of triumph and survival...A gripping tale of a family that copes despite the odds."--Library Journal
"Told alternately by Claire, Kate and Esau... Hornbacher finds the perfect pitch for their voices and their stories."--Baltimore Sun
"Poignant."--Kirkus Reviews
"A truly stunning debut... Chips away at the darkness to reveal the ever-evolving possibilities of the human spirit."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
"Uplifting, even humorous. . . . A captivating first novel."--Philadelphia Inquirer
"Hornbacher succeeds marvelously...[She] constructs a kaleidoscope of speakers at times beautiful and often disturbing...[An] adroit first novel."--Los Angeles Book Review
"Intimate... [Hornbacher's] description of Claire Shiller's long, slow return to physical desire is delicious in its restraint and directness."--New York Times Book Review
"Powerful."--Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Marya Hornbacher is an award-winning journalist and bestselling writer. Her books include the memoirs Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, which has been published in twelve languages, and the New York Times bestseller Madness: A Bipolar Life; the recovery books Sane: Mental Illness, Addiction, and the Twelve Steps, and Waiting: A Nonbeliever's Higher Power; and the novel The Center of Winter. She teaches in the graduate creative writing program at Northwestern University and lives in Chicago.
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- PublisherHarperCollins
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0060192267
- ISBN 13 9780060192266
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages326
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