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| ISBN: | 0743247787 (ISBN13: 9780743247788) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Indiana(United States) |
Haven Kimmel
Hardcover | Pages: 308 pages Rating: 3.63 | 1490 Users | 261 Reviews
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It was mid-December in Jonah, Indiana, a place where Fate can be decided by the weather, and a storm was gathering overhead. So Haven Kimmel, bestselling author of A Girl Named Zippy, prepares us to enter The Used World -- a world where big hearts are frequently broken and sometimes repaired; where the newfangled and the old-fashioned battle it out in daily encounters both large and small; where wondrous things unfold just beneath the surface of everyday life; and where the weather is certainly biblical and might just be prophetic. Hazel Hunnicutt's Used World Emporium is a sprawling antique store that is "the station at the end of the line for objects that sometimes appeared tricked into visiting there." Hazel, the proprietor, is in her sixties, and it's a toss-up as to whether she's more attached to her mother or her cats. She's also increasingly attached to her two employees: Claudia Modjeski -- freakishly tall, forty-odd years old -- who might finally be undone by the extreme loneliness that's dogged her all of her life; and Rebekah Shook, pushing thirty, still living in her fervently religious father's home, and carrying the child of the man who recently broke her heart. The three women struggle -- separately and together, through relationships, religion, and work -- to find their place in this world. And it turns out that they are bound to each other not only by the past but also by the future, as not one but two babies enter their lives, turning their formerly used world brand-new again. Astonishing for what it reveals about the human capacity for both grace and mischief, The Used World forms a loose trilogy with Kimmel's two previous novels, The Solace of Leaving Early and Something Rising (Light and Swift). This is a book about all of America by way of a single midwestern town called Jonah, and the actual breathing histories going on as Indiana's stark landscape is transformed by dying small-town centers and proliferating big-box stores and SUVs. It's about generations of deception, anguish, and love, and the idiosyncratic ways spirituality plays out in individual lives. By turns wise and hilarious, tender and fierce, heartrending and inspiring, The Used World charts the many meanings of the place we call home.
Present About Books The Used World
| Title | : | The Used World |
| Author | : | Haven Kimmel |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 308 pages |
| Published | : | September 18th 2007 by Free Press (first published August 28th 2007) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Novels. Contemporary. Humor |
Rating About Books The Used World
Ratings: 3.63 From 1490 Users | 261 ReviewsCommentary About Books The Used World
Almost immediately, I became totally immersed in the used world of the primary characters, all of whom are part of an antiques emporium in this small Indiana town. We have the owner, Hazel Hunnicutt, whose own history is presented to us in flashbacks; her voice is revealed through descriptions of her life her parents, who are deceased, and her sister, whose drug abuse has complicated Hazels life, provide the backdrop for her choices and now, her employees at the emporium assume the role ofBook about the friendships of women had many interesting interactions between Hazel and her two employees in the antique shop, Claudia and Rebecca. It was a funny and a sad book. I don't think there was one man in the book that had any worthiness at all--they were all impaired and the women were constantly dealing with their ineptides.The author wrote "A Girl Named Zippy" which I have not yet read."Kimmel (Something Rising (Light and Swift); A Girl Named Zippy) returns to rural Indiana in her
Again I am blown away by the sheer brilliance of Kimmel's writing and insight into the human heart and condition.Perhaps the most likable of her loose trilogy and perhaps mostly because of nearly completely female cast, this story is unforgettable and paradigm-shifting.While there were several paragraphs I needed to read multiple times, and were sometimes even then didn't completely understand, I felt like this book, those sentences, those thoughts were a call for me to rise to the intellectual
I had a hard time with this book. I almost decided to quit several times out of frustration, but I found there were some parts that really touched me. For the record, this is my first Kimmel book, and might be the last, except that so many here value her work so highly. I listened to this on audio, and mostly thought the narration too cutesy and cheery for the text, although she lent Rebekah an appropriate sense of innocence. The time frames were confusing and sometimes hard to follow, the
I listened two the first 2 CDs of the unabridged audio book. The prose and level of detail is marvellous - evocative, inciteful, metaphors and characterizations that make you think. Everything is very finely drawn. I stopped after 2 CDs (out of 11) because while teh language was good and the author clearly has a talented voice and imagination, nothing really happened. In 2/11ths of the book, almost no events, other than some conversations, some flashbacks, one person realizing her condition and
I just love Haven Kimmel!
I hate it when people who are really smart (and know they're smart) write a fiction book. I am well educated (i.e. perfectly capable of using big words) and I wanted to gouge my eyes out due to the RIDICULOUS amount of large words and complex sentences in this book. It just seemed like the author wanted to use EVERY SINGLE SAT word she ever learned in the course of one sentence. The plot is long and drawn out, complicated, and overly difficult. I THINK you are supposed to feel sorry for these
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