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Romancing Spain

A Memoir

By: Lamar Herrin

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Romancing Spain

A Memoir

By: Lamar Herrin

In this rich companion to his recent novel "House of the Deaf," Herrin questions: Does a man fall in love with a country first, or the woman he finds there?

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Unbridled Books

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1932961224

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9781932961225

Fishing the Jumps

A Novel

By: Lamar Herrin

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But in fishing the jumps there comes a moment when an insatiable hunger rises up in you and everything turns wild." The term "fishing the jumps" speaks to a method of catching fish while they're in the midst of a wild, frenzied state. And just like the undercurrents that exist in the lakes on which this tale is based, some relationships have a way of hiding—and revealing—turmoil just beneath the surface. In his latest novel, award-winning writer Lamar Herrin highlights the art of storytelling and the value of friendship with a lush, outdoor landscape serving as a backdrop. Set over the course of a weekend spent fishing on an Adirondack lake, two middle-aged friends—Jim McManus and Walter Kidman—sip Jim Beam on the rocks and share tales of memory and camaraderie as the past and present meld to reveal that what happens in the past rarely stays there. Lyrical and poetic, playful and entertaining, Fishing the Jumps is more than just fishing tales. It is a seamless and haunting novel that is ultimately a story of the deep and necessary relationship between two men and the binding and nourishing effect of family—not only of an extended family, but of a whole community, and in fact, a whole region.

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217

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813176832

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9780813176833

Fractures

A Novel

By: Lamar Herrin

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Fractures

A Novel

By: Lamar Herrin

A Thousand Acres and Empire Falls meet during the present hydrofracking controversy as a beleaguered patriarch must decide the fate of his land and children in this enveloping family drama The Joyner family sits atop prime Marcellus Shale. When landmen for the natural gas companies begin to lease property all around the family's hundred acres, the Joyners start to take notice. Undecided on whether or not to lease the family land, Frank Joyner must weigh his heirs' competing motivations. All of this culminates as a looming history of family tragedy resurfaces. A sprawling family novel, Fractures follows each Joyner as the controversial hydrofracking issue slowly exacerbates underlying passions and demons. With echoes of Jonathan Franzen's Freedom, Fractures takes its reader deep into the beating heart and hearth of a family divided "Lamar Herrin's Fractures is a brilliantly conceived and executed novel that illustrates how coping with familial dysfunctions can help us understand and deal with the more deadly dysfunctions of society. Here's one of my favorite writers at his finest." —Ron Hansen, author of The Assassination of Jesse James

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Macmillan

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125003275X

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9781250032751

Romancing Spain

A Memoir

By: Lamar Herrin

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Romancing Spain

A Memoir

By: Lamar Herrin

In this rich companion to his recent novel "House of the Deaf," Herrin questions: Does a man fall in love with a country first, or the woman he finds there?

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House of the Deaf

By: Lamar Herrin

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House of the Deaf

By: Lamar Herrin

Haunting and beautiful, this is the story of one man's brush with terrorism and his quest to find answers after his daughter was killed in a bombing by Basque separatists.

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Unbridled Books

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1932961283

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9781932961287

Fishing the Jumps

A Novel

By: Lamar Herrin

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A Novel

By: Lamar Herrin

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The Lies Boys Tell

By: Lamar Herrin

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The Lies Boys Tell

By: Lamar Herrin

Winner of the 1990 Associated Writing Programs Award, this poignant and beautifully rendered novel relates a father-son journey through the heartland of America. Cornell Professor Lamar Herrin is the author of three previous novels-- The Unwritten Chronicles of Robert E. Lee, The Rio Loja Ringmaster, and American Baroque.

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Harper Perennial

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0060975067

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9780060975067

Fractures

A Novel

By: Lamar Herrin

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Fractures

A Novel

By: Lamar Herrin

The Joyner family sits atop prime Marcellus Shale. When landmen for the natural gas companies begin to lease property all around the family's hundred acres, the Joyners start to take notice. Undecided on whether or not to lease the family land, Frank Joyner must weigh his heirs' competing motivations. All of this culminates as a looming history of family tragedy resurfaces. A sprawling family novel, Fractures follows each Joyner as the controversial hydrofracking issue slowly exacerbates underlying passions and demons. With echoes of Jonathan Franzen's Freedom, Fractures takes its reader deep into the beating heart and hearth of a family divided.

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Book's by LaMar Herrin

Romancing Spain

Romancing Spain

Fishing the Jumps

Fishing the Jumps

Fractures

Fractures

Romancing Spain

Romancing Spain

House of the Deaf

House of the Deaf

Fishing the Jumps

Fishing the Jumps

The Lies Boys Tell

The Lies Boys Tell

Fractures

Fractures

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