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The Center of Everything
- Author
- Jamie Harrison
- Narrator
- Jane Oppenheimer
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 12 January 2021
- Run Time
- 9 hours 56 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
In this compelling family drama set against the dangerous beauty of the Yellowstone, Polly is still trying to get her life back on track after a recent accident, not always trusting reality.
For Polly, the town of Livingston, Montana, is a land charmed by natural beauty and a close network of family extending back generations. But a recent head injury has scattered her perception of the present, surfacing events from thirty years ago and half a country away. As Polly’s relatives arrive for a family reunion during the Fourth of July holiday, a beloved friend goes missing on the Yellowstone River, dredging up difficult memories for a family well acquainted with tragedy.
A generational saga from the award-winning author of The Widow Nash, The Center of Everything offers a stunning and heartfelt examination of the deep bonds of family and how the ones we love—and the secrets we keep—echo throughout our lives.
Critics Review
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“This gorgeous novel is well worth your time.”
People
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“A meticulously crafted, graceful novel.”
O, The Oprah Magazine
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“[A] wonderful cast of interesting characters…Harrison’s novel takes the unreliable narrator to a whole new place: in short, to the center of everything.”
Washington Post
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“Gorgeous…Harrison’s writing is as lush as the landscapes themselves.”
San Francisco Chronicle
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“Harrison has created a world so total, so real, so personal, that the reader, on finishing it, is missing it already.”
Washington Independent Review of Books
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“A sharply intelligent, warmhearted embrace of human imperfection—the kind of book that invites a second reading.”
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
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“Jane Oppenheimer’s narration is thoughtful and appropriate in this story about memories and family…Oppenheimer adds just enough nuance to give all the characters clear voices.”
AudioFile
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“A redemptive and hopeful novel guided by earthy, reliable men, women and children who inspire and encourage.”
BookPage
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“This doesn’t feel like a work of fiction. It feels real, like reading someone’s diary…A brilliant book.”
Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author
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“The Center of Everything is a bighearted, feet-on-the-ground, bracing, intelligent book. Its people will endure in readers’ memories, page after compelling page.”
Thomas McGuane, author of Ninety-Two in the Shade
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“The Center of Everything slips deftly through time, all the while taking the reader to the marvelous unfolding of secrets (both wondrous and murderous) that were right before our eyes. How beautifully our attention is distracted and illuminated in this resonant novel.”
Joan Silber, author of Improvement
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Details
- Author
- Jamie Harrison
- Narrator
- Jane Oppenheimer
- Duration
- 9 hours 56 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 January 2021
- ISBN
- 9781094175409
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Family life fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
In this compelling family drama set against the dangerous beauty of the Yellowstone, Polly is still trying to get her life back on track after a recent accident, not always trusting reality.For Polly, the town of Livingston, Montana, is a land charmed by natural beauty and a close network of family extending back generations. But a recent head injury has scattered her perception of the present, surfacing events from thirty years ago and half a country away. As Polly’s relatives arrive for a family reunion during the Fourth of July holiday, a beloved friend goes missing on the Yellowstone River, dredging up difficult memories for a family well acquainted with tragedy.A generational saga from the award-winning author of The Widow Nash, The Center of Everything offers a stunning and heartfelt examination of the deep bonds of family and how the ones we love—and the secrets we keep—echo throughout our lives.
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