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Title The heart of it all : a novel / Christian Kiefer.
Author Kiefer, Christian, 1971- author.
Publication Info. Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, 2023.
©2022
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Location Call No. Status
 Chickasaw  FIC KIE    Check Shelves
 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Library Central  FIC KIE    Check Shelves
 South Creek  FIC KIE    Check Shelves
Description 360 pages ; 21 cm
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Summary "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 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.
Subject Small cities -- Ohio -- Fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.
Families -- Ohio -- Fiction.
Dysfunctional families -- Fiction.
Genre Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Psychological fiction.
ISBN 9781685890810 (paperback) : $19.99
1685890814 (paperback)