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Set in a small town in ireland, haien s intimate novel of conversations anddilemmasperfect for readers of paul hardings tinkers, marilynne robinsons gilead, and flannery oconnorswise bloodis an elegantly written, compact and often subtle tale ofmorality and passion that gives voice to an ageold concern in a fresh way. While flyfishingwithout much hope of a catchin a rainswollen salmon stream in the country, father declan, 63, thinks over the events of the past few days, which, as it turns out, are to change his life. In addition to her career as a writer, jeannette haien is well known as a concert pianist and teacher. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. A sleeper hit when first published in 1986, jeannette haien s exquisite, beloved first novel is a deceptively simple story that has the power and resonance of myth. The all of it by jeannette haien foreword by ann patchett i found a terrific out of print novel by jeanette haien called the all of it, had it put back into print, and took it with me on tour. Born in dayton, ohio, to a dutch immigrantindustrialist father and a violinist mother, she received a after more than thirtyfive years as a professional concert pianist and music teacher, jeannette haien, in her 60s, began her second career as a novelist. The all of it by jeannette haien book cover, description, publication history. Book club books book nerd book lists best books to read good books big books book suggestions book recommendations kindle we honor history by remembering it, and since the close of world war ii, numerous authors have written books about the holocaust to shine light on one of the most tragic periods in history. In bookstores all across the country i told people why they should read it, and the people snapped it up. Elegant and taut, the book is set in ireland and involves a priest and one of his. Kevin dennehy and his wife, enda, have been sweetly. Septuagenarian haien s second novel the all of it, 1986 is a simplistic though satisfying and pretty much traditional family chronicle.

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Jeannette performed extensively as a pianist throughout the midwest before and immediately after her 1948 marriage to ernest ballard. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Yet the gravity of their deceptiondoesnt become clear to the good fatheruntil enda shares the full tale of her suffering,finally confiding the all of it. The author, jeannette haien was in her mid 60s when she wrote this book and she only wrote one other prior to her passing. In brief scenes scattered through the book, we see father declan obstinately working over a salmon stream in the drizzling cold rain. Jeannette haien books list of books by author jeannette.