For our second one state one story, our goal was to select a book that. Kirkus a cloud in the shape of a girl is a story that illustrates our present moment through a keen and unflinching look at our past. The humanity project jean thompson 9780399158711 netgalley. Jean thompson books list of books by author jean thompson.
Jean thompson is the author of six novels, among them the humanity project and the year we left home, and six story collections, including who do you love. A new york times bestseller, the year we left home is national book award finalist jean thompson s mesmerizing, decadesspanning saga of one ordinary american family that captures the turbulent history of the country at large. Feb 07, 2012 a new york times bestseller, the year we left home is national book award finalist jean thompsons mesmerizing, decadesspanning saga of one ordinary american family that captures the turbulent history of the country at large. Jean thompson author of the national book award finalist who do you love and the new york times bestseller the year we left home is a writer at the height of her powers. Named a new york times editors choice, a people magazine pick of the week, and an indie next and midwest connections selection, the year we left home is the. Jean thompson is a masterful writer and you begin to feel that you know her characters as close friends, even people you love and care about. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. The book was selected to help explore themes related to.
The year we left home by jean thompson book club discussion. Stretching from the early 1970s in the iowa farmlands to suburban chicago and across the map of contemporary america, the year we left home follows the erickson siblings as they confront prosperity and heartbreak, setbacks and triumphs, and seek their place in a country whose only constant seems to be breathtaking change. See all books authored by jean thompson, including the year we left home, and a cloud in the shape of a girl, and more on. Books by jean thompson author of the year we left home. Jean thompson s many works include the novels the year we left home and the short story collections throw like a girl and who do you love a national book award finalist. With that in mind, one book that might have broken through the committees stalemate this year is the year we left home, by jean thompson.
Set against the backdrop of current events and cultural calamity, it is at once a multifaceted ensemble drama and a deftly observant story of our twentyfirst. In thompsons unforgettable, offbeat novel, an extended iowa family. The book offers a sweeping, multigenerational look at life in the midwest over the past several decades. Apr 23, 20 thompson proves herself at the height of her powers in the humanity project, crafting emotionally suspenseful and thoroughly entertaining characters, in which we inevitably see ourselves. The book choice is the year we left home by jean thompson. The year we left home book by jean thompson official.
A new york times bestseller in hardcover, the year we left home is national book award finalist jean thompsons mesmerizing, decadesspanning saga of. The year we left home follows four siblings and a cousin through their lives beginning in 1973 and ending in 2003. Thompson is also the author of the novel the year we left home, the acclaimed short fiction collections do not deny me, and throw like a girl as well as the novel city boy. Social history families united states national characteristics, american manners and customs brothers and sisters. The year we left home by jean thompson, paperback barnes. She draws you seamlessly into the characters and the place. This year, the organizations one state one story program is encouraging hoosiers to read jean thompsons the year we left home. The year we left home jean thompson social history families united states national characteristics, american manners and customs brothers and sisters. Fairy tales and folklore get clever modern realist rewrites from national book award finalist thompson the humanity project, 20. From national book award finalist jean thompson comes a mesmerizing, decadesspanning saga of one ordinary american familyproud, flawed, hopeful.
Jean thompson, new york times bestselling author of the year we left home clancy imagines her complicated characters with such empathy and precision that every questionable choice, every mistake, feels like the only option. Jean thompson is a new york times bestselling author and her new novel, the humanity project will be published by blue rider press on april 23, 20. Perhaps the most telling example of this kind of adaptation in thompsons work is the love affair in her novel the year we left home between an artist who starts his life with no advantages and a woman who, after suffering a debilitating and lifechanging stroke as a teenager, goes on to become an accomplished and committed art photographer. Thompsons characters a middle manager in the midst of midlife crisis, an urban single visiting her best friend turned suburban mother, a grieving woman looking for guidance are instantly recognizable in their predicaments, foibles, and sensibilities. From national book awardfinalist jean thompson comes a. May, 2011 in the year we left home, jean thompson takes us on a three decade journey through the lives of the ericksons, a farming family in grenada, iowa. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers.
May 08, 2011 about a third of the way into the year we left home, jean thompsons 10th book of fiction, the erickson family of grenada, iowa, attends along with much of the town the funeral. Touted as her commercial breakthrough, the novel is a powerful reflection on middle american lifeon the changes wrought by the passing years and the. A cloud in the shape of a girl by jean thompson, paperback. Named a new york times editors choice, a people magazine pick of the week, and an indie next and midwest connections selection, the year we left home is. Do not deny me is a fictional primer on how americans live day to day. In 2020, during the second year of inseparable, well read and discuss jean thompsons the year we left home, which offers a sweeping, multigenerational look at. Iowa in winter, a wedding, two cousins getting high in a truck. Her works include the novels a cloud in the shape of a girl, she poured out her heart, the humanity project, the year we left home, city boy, wide blue yonder, the woman driver, and my wisdom and the short story collections the witch and other tales retold, do not deny me, throw like a girl, who do you love a national book award. About a third of the way into the year we left home, jean thompsons 10th book of fiction, the erickson family of grenada, iowa, attends. Built from individual narratives that at first seem disconnected, the novel follows the four erickson. Thompson, who wrote movingly about another midwestern family in the year we left home 2011, here creates a plot and characters that feel more diagrammed than lived. Click to read more about the year we left home by jean thompson.
A series of loosely linked vignettes tracking the lives of a small town iowa family, jean thompsons novel the year we left home also tells the. The year we left home by jean thompson librarything. Named a new york times editors choice, a people magazine pick of the week, and an indie next. A new york times bestseller, the year we left home is national book award finalist jean thompsons mesmerizing, decadesspanning saga of one ordinary american family that captures the turbulent history of the country at large. Jean thompson is the author of six novels, among them the humanity project and the year we left home, and six story collections, including who do you love a national book award finalist. Thompson proves herself at the height of her powers in the humanity project, crafting emotionally suspenseful and thoroughly entertaining characters, in which we inevitably see ourselves. May, 2012 with that in mind, one book that might have broken through the committees stalemate this year is the year we left home, by jean thompson. Her other works include the novels she poured out her heart, the humanity project, the year we left home, city boy, and wide blue yonder, and the short story collections the witch and other tales retold, do not deny me, throw like a girl, and who do you love, which. May 01, 2011 jean thompson created a wonderfully quiet and subtle work with the year we left home. From the new york times bestselling author of the year we left home, a dazzling new novel already being hailed as an instantly addictive. The year we left home by jean thompson from national book award finalist jean thompson comes a mesmerizing, decadesspanning saga of one ordinary american family proud, flawed, hopeful whose story simultaneously captures the turbulent history of the country at large.
In batesville, kokomo and north manchester, jean will be joined by a local moderator for a wideranging conversation about the year we left home, her career as an awardwinning writer, and the stories of the midwest. Domineering parents, wicked siblings, wolves in sheeps clothingthompson recognizes that one reason centuriesold childrens stories endure is because theyre readily applicable to any era. Kendallville library awarded funds to host community read. Thompsons short fiction has been published in many magazines and journals, including the new yorker, and anthologized in the best american short stories and the. Indiana humanities is thrilled to bring author jean thompson for a threecity back home again tour in october 2020. Thompsons ability to put these characters empathically on the page, in their special setting, over an extended period of years, with just the right dose of dark humor, rivals richard russos. The year we left home begins in 1973 when the erickson family of grenada, iowa. Sep 24, 2018 stretching from the early 1970s in the iowa farmlands to suburban chicago and across the map of contemporary america, the year we left home follows the erickson siblings as they confront prosperity and heartbreak, setbacks and triumphs, and seek their place in a country whose only constant seems to be breathtaking change. A new york times bestseller in hardcover, the year we left home is national book award finalist jean thompsons mesmerizing, decadesspanning saga of one ordinary american family that captures the turbulent history of the country at large. About a third of the way into the year we left home, jean thompsons 10th book of fiction, the erickson family of grenada, iowa, attends along with much of the town the funeral of a beloved. People from national book award finalist and the new york times bestselling author of the year we left home comes a moving family saga about three generations of women who struggle to find freedom and happiness in their small midwestern college town. A new york times bestseller, the year we left home is national book award finalist jean thompsons mesmerizing, decadesspanning saga of one ordinary.
In jean thompsons 2011 novel the year we left home, ryan. Theres not a false note in this powerful, beautifully crafted exploration of the tradeoffs in womens lives. A new york times bestseller, the year we left home is national book award finalist jean thompsons mesmerizing, decadesspanning saga of one ordinary american family that captures the turbulent. From national book award finalist jean thompson comes a mesmerizing, decadesspanning saga of one ordinary american family proud, flawed, hopeful whose story simultaneously captures the turbulent history of the country at large. Why we chose the year we left home indiana humanities. Aside from the fact that they are all third novels by awardwinning novelists, this months fiction roundup offers plenty of variety from a dark fable set on the coast of newfoundland to a. Capturing the magic and horror in everyday life, thompson revisits beloved.
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