· Set in a fictional Colorado town, Kent Haruf's Where You Once Belonged brings to life small town America and the characters that keep the community together. Heavy-built Jack Burdette is quite literally too big for his boots – and too big, certainly, for the small-town attitudes of Holt, Colorado. But when he fails to make the grade as a college footballer, and takes a job with the local farmers’ . Where You Once Belonged is a novel by award-winning author Kent Haruf. In this novel, Jack Burdette went from a football hero worshipped by everyone in the small town of Holt, Colorado to the most hated man in that same community. Jack disappeared eight years ago after stealing one hundred and fifty thousand dollars from the local grain elevator. Where You Once Belonged is another novel (novella really) by one of my favorite authors, Kent Haruf. As is the case with all of Mr. Haruf's books, the story is set in fictional Holt, Colorado.. a beautiful yet harsh landscape inhabited by people who value a hard day's work, enjoy the simple things in life but are always aware that happiness is fleeting/5().
Haruf manages this with just a few sentences, and we never see this character again. WHERE YOU ONCE BELONGED is a short book, only pages, and I was disappointed in the ending (It comes to an almost screeching halt), but I was so absorbed I read it in two days. I'm convinced that Haruf uses real people or composites to fashion these characters. Where You Once Belonged is a novel by award-winning author Kent Haruf. In this novel, Jack Burdette went from a football hero worshipped by everyone in the small town of Holt, Colorado to the most hated man in that same community. Jack disappeared eight years ago after stealing one hundred and fifty thousand dollars from the local grain elevator. where you once belonged by Kent Haruf ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 1, A bad apple poses a problem for the community in this small-town drama (and second novel); Haruf has pared away the folksiness of The Tie that Binds () to produce a taut, though ultimately unsatisfying, work.
In Where You Once Belonged, the bestselling and award-winning novelist of Eventide, Kent Haruf. In Where You Once Belonged, the bestselling and award-winning novelist of Eventide, Kent Haruf tells of a small-town hero who is dealt an enviable hand—and cheats with all of the cards. Deftly plotted, defiantly honest, Where You Once Belonged sings the song of a wounded prairie community in a narrative with the earmarks of a modern American classic. In Where You Once Belonged, the bestselling and award-winning novelist of Eventide, Kent Haruf tells of a small-town hero who is dealt an enviable hand--and cheats with all of the cards. Deftly plotted, defiantly honest, Where You Once Belonged sings the song of a wounded prairie community in a narrative with the earmarks of a modern American.
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