The Solace Of Leaving Early - Hardcover

Kimmel, Haven

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0753173158 ISBN 13: 9780753173152

Publisher: ISIS Large Print Books, 2005

Synopsis

Langston Braverman finds herself back home ten years after leaving Haddington to pursue a career as an academic. Romantic literature qualifications and philosophical digressions don't hold much weight in Haddington though, and Langston's mother forces her into the role of carer for two suddenly orphaned little girls, daughters of her childhood friend Alice. Amos Townsend, the local preacher, has his doubts about Langston's suitability. But is he, suffering a crippling crisis of faith, any better placed to act as the girls' spiritual counselor? The four embark on a moving and funny emotional journey that might just be the biggest leap of faith any of them has ever taken.

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Review:

"A heartwarming story about troubled individuals who struggle with their problems while finding solace and a degree of peace in one another."

From the Back Cover:

'It was hot in Langston's childhood bedroom; she had walked away from her life and her vocation; her parents would surely try to force her to get a job, and the church bells were ringing for Alice Baker-Maloney, another unreconciled bit of Langston's history, a girl she'd grown up with who was now undeniably dead...Neither Langston nor Alice had travelled far, but here they both were, home again.'

Langston Braverman finds herself back home ten years after leaving Haddington to pursue a career as an academic. Romantic Literature qualifications and philosophical digressions don't hold much weight in Haddington, though, and Langstons mother forces her into the role of carer for two suddenly orphaned little girls, daughters of her childhood friend, Alice.

Amos Townsend, the local preacher, has his doubts about Langston's suitability. But is he, suffering a crippling crisis of faith, any better placed to act as the girl's spiritual counsellor?

The four embark on a moving and funny emotional journey that might just be the biggest leap of faith any of them has ever taken.

'Wonderful – vivid and hopeful. Dances back and forth between tragedy and comedy. Fragile, funny Langston Braverman is a stand-in for all those girls who run headlong away from their roots, only to find that they've left something important behind.'
'San Francisco Chronicle'

'Kimmel gives us a stunning birds-eye view of rural American life, as damning as it is affectionate.'
'Los Angeles Times'

'A believable, engaging and supremely witty novel of ideas, one that explores the mores of community as thoroughly as John Updike and delineates character as finely as Jonathan Franzen.'
'Atlanta Journal'

About this edition

• Publisher: ISIS Large Print Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0753173158
• ISBN 13: 9780753173152
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360