Then Came the Evening: A Novel [Dec 21, 2010] Hart, Brian

from SeriousGrace

I took a long time to read Then Came the Evening. I found myself savoring passages, rereading pages. Brian Hart has a way with words and the sentences he forms with them are devastating. In a word Then Came the Evening is grim. It is lips pressed together on the face of reality. It is looking for...

from pdebolt

This novel is set in a bleak landscape that is a fitting back drop for the characters - Bandy Dorner, his common-law wife, Iona, and their son, Tracey. After serving 20 years in prison for murder, Bandy returns to the place where he grew up and begins to forge a relationship with a son he didn't ...

from lgura

A brilliant and devastating first novel by Brian Hart tells the story of Bandy Dorner who returns to his Idaho ranch after many years in prison to find a son he never knew, Tracy, and Iona, the woman who set the chain of events in motion the night he killed a man. The three try to face the feelin...

from kjeanqu

This book is depressing but wonderful. The depth of emotion felt by the characters is starkly, but gently told and the longing for love and life pulses through the entire story. Each character's wounds and mistakes are told in a way we can relate to. A book such as this that deals with everyday p...

from tututhefirst

This is an intense book. It's not a feel good book, but rather an investigation of relationships and the lives of those who live on the edge of poverty. The setting is stark and beautiful--the wilds of Idaho. I've never been there, but I had no trouble picturing the trees,the clouds,the winds,the...