The Heart of It All
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"Deeply moving and beautifully written. I couldn't put it down." â Jesmyn Ward, author of Sing, Unburied, Sing
"For anyone who believes, as I do, that the best hope for our fractured country is local, not national, Christian Kieferâs new novel The Heart of it All will provide a welcome balm for the spirit. Here are people worth spending time with, not because theyâre perfect, but because theyâre not. Whatâs wrong with them isnât nearly as consequential as how hard they fight for a better life, and not just for themselves. You set the book down and think, âThis is what weâre made of.â Or should be."âRichard Russo, author of Somebodyâs Fool
A small, declining town in Ohio. A family bereaved by terrible loss. A searing narrative about how American lives touch each other across divides both real and imagined...
Set in failing small town in central Ohio, The Heart of It All asks how one manages, in an America of increasing division, to find a sense of family and community.
Focusing on the members of three families: the Baileys, a white family who have put down deep roots in the community; the Marwats, an immigrant family that owns the townâs largest employer; and the Shaws, especially young Anthony, an outsider whose very presence gently shakes the townâs understanding of itself.
A gorgeous, stirring novel in the classic vein of Richard Ford, Marilynne Robinson, Richard Russo, and Kent Haruf, The Heart of It All asks the reader to consider an America both divided and bound by its differences.
"For anyone who believes, as I do, that the best hope for our fractured country is local, not national, Christian Kieferâs new novel The Heart of it All will provide a welcome balm for the spirit. Here are people worth spending time with, not because theyâre perfect, but because theyâre not. Whatâs wrong with them isnât nearly as consequential as how hard they fight for a better life, and not just for themselves. You set the book down and think, âThis is what weâre made of.â Or should be."âRichard Russo, author of Somebodyâs Fool
A small, declining town in Ohio. A family bereaved by terrible loss. A searing narrative about how American lives touch each other across divides both real and imagined...
Set in failing small town in central Ohio, The Heart of It All asks how one manages, in an America of increasing division, to find a sense of family and community.
Focusing on the members of three families: the Baileys, a white family who have put down deep roots in the community; the Marwats, an immigrant family that owns the townâs largest employer; and the Shaws, especially young Anthony, an outsider whose very presence gently shakes the townâs understanding of itself.
A gorgeous, stirring novel in the classic vein of Richard Ford, Marilynne Robinson, Richard Russo, and Kent Haruf, The Heart of It All asks the reader to consider an America both divided and bound by its differences.
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Christian Kiefer has a PhD in American literature from the University of CaliforniaâDavis and directs the low-residency MFA at Ashland University. He is the author of three novels: The Infinite Tides, The Animals, and most recently Phantoms which was one of Kirkus Reviews and BBCâs Best Books of 2019. He lives with his family in Placer County, California.
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