Twelve-year old Brendan tells the story, set in 1944-45, that begins with his parents' decision to buy a run-down grocery store in a tiny Minnesota town. What they discover about small town idealism, bigotry, and good old American values will change them and the town forever.... "A writer good enough to restore your faith in fiction." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Jon Hassler Bücher
Jon Hassler ist bekannt für seine einfühlsamen Darstellungen des Lebens in kleinen Städten Minnesotas, wobei er die Nuancen menschlicher Erfahrung sowohl mit Humor als auch mit Mitgefühl einfängt. Seine Arbeit befasst sich oft mit Themen wie Glauben, Gemeinschaft und der Suche nach Sinn, dargeboten in einem sowohl zugänglichen als auch tiefgründig wirkenden Prosa-Stil. Hasslers scharfe Beobachtung von Charakteren und Schauplätzen schafft ein lebendiges Panorama des amerikanischen Lebens und macht seine Geschichten dauerhaft fesselnd.
North of Hope
- 435 Seiten
- 16 Lesestunden
"Hassler's brilliance has always been his ability to achieve the depth of real literature through such sure-handed, no-gimmicks, honest language that the result appears effortless." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW After more than twenty years in the priesthood, Father Frank Healy is going home. But what he finds at the battered Our Lady's Church are very few believers and Libby Girard, a woman from his past, whom he thought he'd never see again. But Libby's life is unraveling, and as she becomes dependent on him, the lives around them erupt in a tangle of drugs and despair, alcoholism and death. Ultimately, Frank's vocation is tested at its weakest place: his continuing love for Libby.
A Green Journey
- 308 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
"Hassler's characters have old-fashioned values and typical human failings; they make this a novel to restore your faith in humanity." LOS ANGELES TIMES Agatha McGee is following a dream, though it might be late in the game. She's just retired from a career of teaching and travels to Ireland in search of the romance she never had time for. And along the way, she not only discovers people she would never have let herself know before, but learns through experience, at long last, that love is unpredictable, unstoppable, and never appears as we dream it will.