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By: Kent Haruf

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  • CategoryFiction
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Pages187
  • Published1990
  • File size599 KB
  • FormatPDF
  • ISBN9780330490467

Key ideas from the book

  • Jack Burdette’s choices disrupt the lives of people in Holt, Colorado.
  • A job with the local farmers’ co-operative appears to give Jack a settled routine.
  • Jack leaves town with other people’s money and a new wife behind.
  • Nearly a decade later, his return renews the town’s resentment.
  • The story examines the lasting effects of one person’s actions on a community.

About Where You Once Belonged by Kent Haruf

In Holt, Colorado, Jack Burdette seems to have settled into ordinary life after his college football ambitions fall short and he takes a job with the local farmers’ co-operative. But his sudden departure—with another man’s money and a new wife left behind—leaves the town with lasting grievances.

Nearly a decade later, Jack returns, and his presence stirs up the hurt and resentment that his absence never resolved. Kent Haruf’s novel will suit readers interested in small-town life and the long aftereffects of a disruptive homecoming.

About Kent Haruf

Kent Haruf (1943–2014) was an American novelist born in Pueblo, Colorado. His fiction often returns to the people and landscapes of the American West, especially the fictional Colorado town of Holt. His best-known books include Plainsong, Eventide, and Benediction, which form the Holt trilogy, as well as Our Souls at Night. In spare, compassionate prose, Haruf explored family, loneliness, community, and the quiet connections that shape ordinary lives.

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