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| The Center of Winter: A Novel (P.S.) | 
| Author: Marya Hornbacher
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 168120
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 4.8 x 1
ISBN: 0060929685
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780060929688
ASIN: 0060929685
Publication Date: February 1, 2006
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Product Description
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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 Loved this book. July 29, 2008
How did this jewel of a book get lost in between the success of Wasted and Madness???? It's brilliant!!!
 Tender, thought-provoking... You may cry and laugh. June 16, 2008
I just finished reading "The Center of Winter" by Marya Hornbacher, published in 2005. It takes place in 1969, 1970, in the north, and the story is told (without skipping a beat) from different loving character's points of view. The entire book, especially the last few pages, are freshly with me. It not only kept my attention, it made me cry, laugh, and smile.
Because so much transpired, was tender, and was easy reading, I suspect many readers wouldn't have noticed the word construction, but I did. However, despite (or because of) frequent and appropriate non-or-overly-long sentences, the words were warming. The dialog was sweet and/or to-the-point. The characters said what they needed to say, in the manner that was most comfortable for them. I liked their honestly (all of it, with/without cliches).
A paradox mentioned was that systems (eco-systems or human) are simultaneously very strong and very fragile. How true. Further, when one tries again and again [paraphrased], "ready to begin, one may place memory into its own frames and images. After all, memory is a story without plot. And yet, since you [we, them, all of us] were there, memory has its place" and can be cherished.
I highly recommend "The Center of Winter" and give it a four-star rating.
Layers of emotion unfolding October 14, 2006
This novel is set in the Midwest and in the late 1960's. It was a time of change and turmoil politically in the country but this town seems to be suspended in time. Life and family cannot stay the same and events move the adult characters out of their comatose lives, leaving the children to react and deal with it all. Different chapters are given from the perspective of the family members and that made this book different and intriguing, especially when some were children six- and twelve-years old. The story is grim in parts and very inspiring in others, full of intensity and raw emotion. The ending was unexpected but touching in its simplicity. Well worth the read!
Interesting book with great depth September 25, 2006
This was a great book! The author did a great job in bringing you into each characters individual personalities, thoughts and feelings. This is about a family struck with the tradgedy of the fathers suicide and each of the characters tell the story from their own point of view. Great plot and very well written.
An incredible read. August 15, 2006
I bought this book on a whim, as the title 'grabbed' me....Then I lost myself in the story. The characters became real. The depth of insight into human emotions and behavior is profound. As I read, I became both child and adult. I felt what it must be like to have and live with an emotionally challanged child.
I tell everyone I speak to, that they must read this book!
It is truly beautiful!
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