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The Center of Winter (P.S.)

by Marya Hornbacher

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The luminous first novel by Marya Hornbacher, the acclaimed author of Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, is a moving and passionate story of a death from despair — and a stricken family's passage through grief toward the hope, solace, and understanding that waits for them somewhere beyond the center of winter.

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Marya Hornbacher is a journalist as well as a writer of fiction and memoir. Her first book, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, has become a classic. The Center of Winter is her first novel. She lives in Minneapolis.

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: Krystal, August 20, 2006 (view all comments by Krystal)
During a dep Minnesota winter, a family's lives are forever changed when Arnold gives in to the darkness and commits suicide. The story is told from altering points of view of 6-year-old Kate, 12-year-old Esau, and Clair, former wife and current mother, who is just trying to make it through. Information is not lost in the changes in narration, but rather more depth is created from the different points of view.
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ISBN:: 9780060929688
Author:: Hornbacher, Marya
Publisher:: Harper Perennial
Author:: by Marya Hornbacher
Location:: New York
Subject:: General
Subject:: Children
Subject:: Minnesota
Subject:: Depression, mental
Subject:: Psychological fiction
Subject:: Widows
Subject:: Paternal deprivation
Subject:: Domestic fiction
Subject:: Suicide victims
Subject:: Fatherless families
Subject:: Loss
Subject:: General Fiction
Subject:: Literature-A to Z
Edition Number:: 1st ed.
Edition Description:: Trade PB
Series:: P.S.
Series Volume:: NASA/CR-2002-211685
Publication Date:: 20060131
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English
Pages:: 352
Dimensions:: 8.00x5.32x.86 in. .66 lbs.

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