Home Field: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.80 (578 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062413740 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 432 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Bry, who is only eight, is struggling to understand his mother’s untimely death and his place in the family. As Dean struggles to continue to lead his team to victory in light of his overwhelming personal loss, he must fix his fractured family—and himself. When a new family emergency arises, Dean discovers that he’ll never view the world in the same way again.Transporting readers to the heart of small town America, Home Field is an unforgettable, poignant story about the pull of the past and the power of forgiveness.. Now, everything Dean thought he knew is thrown off kilter as Nicole’s death forces him to re-evaluate all of his relationships, including those with his team and his three children.Dean’s eleven-year old son,
She is a staff writer for The Millions, and her writing has been published in the New York Times, Granta, and TheSouthern Review, among others. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.. Hannah Gersen was born in Maine and grew up in western Maryland. Home Field is her first novel
Loved it Audrey Connor I loved this book. It is a book about the dimensions of grief, it is a book at fatherhood, about marriage, and about finding yourself in the complexities of life. I look forward to the next novel by Gersen. As a high school teacher, it reminds me of the many dimensions of personhood of all people regardless of age. I love the way she is able to explore the growth of each member of the family honoring each character's unique personality and also the way life pushes us on to grow into being more human. I can't say enough.. "A wonderful debut novel - highly recommended" according to Sophia C. Hannah Gersen weaves a beautiful, moving and heartfelt portrait of a family grieving in the aftermath of the mother's suicide. This novel skillfully examines depression, pain, grief, love, and, ultimately, redemption. I couldn't put it down. A must-read.. "A family copes with a loved one's death" according to Rebecca Hutchison. HOME FIELD by Hannah Gersen is a book about the suicide of a loved one and how the survivors come to terms with the death. Dean is the celebrated high school football coach in a tiny rural community in western Maryland. He's the husband to an extremely depressed Nicole, stepfather to 19-year-old Stephanie, and father to 11-year-old Robbie and 8-year-old Bryan. After Nicole commits suicide, Dean is left searching for his place within his family and with his football team. Football is his life, and the reason he moved to such a small town.As Dean becomes immersed in the start of Fall football, his family t
An auspicious debut by a talented and wise writer.” (Edan Lepucki, author of New York Times bestseller California)“Gersen’s characters are so full, so gently flawed, and so deeply human that it’s nearly impossible to resist falling into their world, with all its sorrow and all its subtle joy. A moving all-American family saga; fiction’s answer to Friday Night Lights.” (Kirkus Reviews)“An elegant first novelGersen’s writing walks a lyrical tightropeand uncovers the unflinching truths in families that wound us and somehow, miraculously, save us.” (Robin Antalek, author of The Grown Ups and The Summer We Fell Apart)“This is Friday Night Lights on the mid-Atlantic but one degree deeperA tender, touching, unfogettable readYou won’t put this book down until everyone in Home Field has made it safely home.” (Jessica Anya Bla