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Where You Once Belonged

By: Kent Haruf
Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne
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In Where You Once Belonged, the best-selling 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.

©2000 Kent Haruf (P)2017 Random House Audio Family Life Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural

Critic reviews

"Taut and deadly.... A terse and beautifully wrought narration." ( Los Angeles Times)
"A beautifully told parable - simple and stark and true." ( Newsday)
"Haruf's brooding, pondering style translates into first-class writing." ( Rocky Mountain News)

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Just a story about a small town and it's people. A long description of everyday life with a short climax at the end. The story "ends" but there is no resolution, just open ended/use your imagination. Not bad, but not really my thing.

Meh for me

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It’s story about a bad guy who just keeps doing bad things to many people.. not captivating, was waiting for some twist which never came about

A sad story that’s point less

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Seemed interesting through the middle. Then it dies a slow death. Not sure how it had the rating it has.

Don’t waste your time or money

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