The Centre Of Winter

The Centre Of Winter by Marya Hornbacher


ISBN
9780002259712
Published
Released
02 / 05 / 2005
Binding
Paperback
Pages
336
Dimensions
153 x 234mm

A fascinating, highly unusual, literary novel of love, obsession and powerful women by the author of the highly acclaimed 'Wasted'.

"All the seasons here in the north move toward their own end, except winter, which moves toward its centre and sits there to see how long you can take it."

At the centre of winter, in Motley, Minnesota, Arnold Schiller gives in to the oppressive season that reigns outside and also to his own inner demons and commits suicide, leaving a devastated family in his wake.

Claire Schiller, wife and mother, takes shelter from the emotional storm with her husband's parents, but must ultimately emerge from her grief and help her two young children to recover. Esau, her oldest, is haunted by the same darkness that plagued his father. At twelve years old, he has already been in and out of State psychiatric hospitals and now, with the help of his mother and sister, he must overcome the forces that drive him deep into himself. But as the youngest, perhaps it is Kate who carries the heaviest burden. A precocious six-year-old who desperately wants to help her mother hold the family together, she will have to come to terms with the memory of her father who was at once loving and cruel.

Narrated alternately by Claire, Katie and Esau, this powerful and passionate novel explores the ways in which both children and adults experience tragic events, discover solace and hope in each other, and survive. The Centre of Winter finds humour in unlikely places and evokes the north - its people and landscape - with warmth, sensitivity and insight.
The story of three people who, against all odds, find their way out of the centre of winter, Marya Hornbacher's debut novel will leave you breathless, tearful and, ultimately, inspired.
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