About this title: Before her first novel, THE CENTER OF WINTER, Marya Hornbacher wrote the bestselling memoir WASTED, about her struggles with anorexia and bulimia. Now, in fiction, Hornbacher turns to the story of a troubled family trying to make it through a frigid Minnesota winter in the aftermath of the suicide of the husband and father. Narrated in turn by ...
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Description: Fine in VG jacket. 0060192267 DJ has some wear and scuffing books may have some minor wearhouse damage. Stickers may be on spine or covers. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 2005-02-01
ISBN-13:9780060192266ISBN:0060192267
Description: Very Good. This is a very nice hardcover copy. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean and bright. Several pages folded, but readable. DJ is VG. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! Careful packaging and fast shipping. read more
Description: Fine. 0060929685 Ships next business day. NEW/UNREAD! ! ! Text is Clean and Unmarked! --Be Sure to Compare Seller Feedback and Ratings before Purchasing--Has a small black ink mark on bottom/exterior edge of pages. May have light shelf wear to cover from storage, if any. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780060192266ISBN:0060192267
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. 1st edition, 1st printing (full no. line)--beautiful hardcover, clean & tight--1/2" repaired tear to back of DJ--not a remainder, no marks or blemishes. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 336 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780060192266ISBN:0060192267
Description: New in very good dust jacket. Remainder marks. Signed by author (non-personalized). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 336 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers, New York
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780060192266ISBN:0060192267
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Fiction. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. This is the author's first novel. Set in northern Minnesota in the winter time. A family must face the tragedy of their father's suicide. This book is in very good condition. There is a little bit of bumping to the ends of the spine. The book appears unread. The dust jacket is in very good condition with just a little bit of wear along the edges of the spine. The jacket is not price clipped and is in new clear protective covering. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Perennial
Date Published: 2006-02-01
ISBN-13:9780060929688ISBN:0060929685
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780060929688ISBN:0060929685
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Description: Very Good +++ Soft-cover Edition. 8vo. " The Center of Winter " finds humor in unlikely places and evokes the north its people and landscape with warmth, sensitivity and insight. " Markings on the cover. read more
"The Center of Winter is the story of a father's suicide and the way it reverberates through his family for the next year. Told from the perspective of all the ones left behind (his wife, son, and young daughter), the novel is by turns excruciatingly sad, dull, painful, and joyful. It's the story of a family coming back to life after the unthinkable has happened, and not just surviving but eventually thriving.
I found myself falling in love with every character in the book, even the man who did the unthinkable to his family and friends by leaving them behind. Sandwiched between her two breathtaking memoirs ('Wasted' and 'Madness'), she has called this novel her 'Love song to the North.' And that is exactly how Center of Winter reads -- like a love song, filled with characters whose hearts beat too big and loudly and painfully to do anything but move forward after life changes."
"Marya's first fictional story -- again, very well-written and honest. For me, not quite as powerful as her biographical work, but still very good. Definitely worth checking out."
"Not too sure what to think of this book. A good read as far as it goes but nothing spectacular; having read 'Wasted' first perhaps I expected a bit more so was partially biased. All in all I didn't mind it too much! I managed to get to the end so I shan't complain too much."
"This is another disturbing book - I would have rated it three and a half stars - just not quite four. Well written - characters deal with mental illness and suicide -- not exactly happy material."
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