Synopsis In this portrait of the town of Northampton, Massachusetts, by a master of expository prose, Tracy Kidder, who lives there, exposes layers of history and society through sketches of several of its citizens. A New York Times Notable Book of 1999.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1999-09-01 | | Series: | Wheeler Large Print Book Series | | Edition Description: | Large Print |
| Size | | Length: | 579 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 28.8 oz |
Publisher's Note Explores what life is really like in contemporary small-town America, focusing on the people of Northampton, Massachusetts.
Industry Reviews "With stroke-by-stroke miniature portraits and incantatory prose...Kidder beautifully limns the characters and values that shape one New England town." Winecoff
"What binds HOMETOWN, in any case, is a single character, a 33-year-old police sergeant and Hamp native named Tommy O'Connor....[A]ll told he takes up about 40 percent of the book. It's a marvelous portrait." Burnett
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