Where You Once Belonged
Where You Once Belonged by Kent Haruf, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on March 21, 2000, is a literary work that explores the complexities of life in a small town. This 1st Vintage Contemporaries edition, comprising 176 pages, presents a narrative centered around a high school football star named Burdette, who initially enjoys the admiration of his community. However, as he matures, his playful antics evolve into more serious transgressions, leading to profound consequences for both him and the town of Holt.
Readers will find a deftly plotted story that delves into themes of family life and the dynamics of rural communities. The narrative captures the essence of a prairie town grappling with the return of a once-celebrated figure whose actions threaten to disrupt the fragile fabric of their lives. Through lean and supple prose, Haruf paints a vivid picture of the characters and their struggles, inviting reflection on the impact of choices made in the past and the haunting presence of unresolved conflicts.
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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 prose as lean and supple as a spring switch, Haruf describes a high school football star who wins the heart of the loveliest girl in the county and the admiration of men twice his age. Fun-loving, independent, Burdette engages in the occasional prank. But when he turns into a man, his high jinks turn into crimes–with unspeakable consequences. Now, eight years later, Burdette has returned to commit his greatest trespass of all. And the people of Holt may not be able to stop him.
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