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The Center of Everything

A Novel

By Laura Moriarty

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| Paperback | 9780786888450

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Now in paperback, Laura Moriarty's breakthrough novel of growing up and growing wise.

Critics and readers everywhere stood up and took notice when Laura Moriarty's captivating debut novel hit the stores in June '03. Janet Maslin of the New York Times praised The Center of EverytContinue

Now in paperback, Laura Moriarty's breakthrough novel of growing up and growing wise.

Critics and readers everywhere stood up and took notice when Laura Moriarty's captivating debut novel hit the stores in June '03. Janet Maslin of the New York Times praised The Center of Everything as "warm" and "beguiling." USA Today compared the scrappy yet tenderhearted Evelyn Bucknow to Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. It garnered extensive national attention; from Entertainment Weekly to the Boston Globe and the San Francisco Chronicle, the press raved about the wisdom and poignancy of Moriarty's writing. The Book-of-the-Month Club snatched it up as a Main Selection, as did the Literary Guild. It was a USA Today Summer Reading Pick, a BookSense Top 10 Pick, and a BN.com book club feature title. And still, months after The Center of Everything's original publication date, reviews and features of the book continue to run nationwide.

With a reading group guide bound into the book and a stellar hardcover publication behind it, the paperback edition of The Center of Everything is poised to explode onto the scene again, and Evelyn Bucknow is ready to steal more hearts than ever.

Critics

  • The Center of Everything By Laura Moriarty

    is an engaging, intelligent first novel, written in forthright prose studded with moments of poetry. Moriarty's depiction of young Evelyn is intriguing and engaging; the author has created in her a winsome, acutely observant young girl. When we first ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

  • The Center of Everything

    The Center of Everything Laura Moriarty Hyperion Paperback 339 pages July 2004 Evelyn Bucknow is a smart ten-year-old girl who lives alone with her mom, Tina, in rural Kansas. A father is not in the picture. Boyfriends court Mom occasionally, but, li ... (read full critics)

    curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

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  • Book brought many memories of my teenage years (unfortunately). Laura Moriarty really nailed these feelings, regardless of the difference in the socioeconomic status of my upbringing and Evelyn's. The realities of Evelyn's mother, Tina rearing a disabled child were absolutely true and heartwarming ... (continue)

    Book brought many memories of my teenage years (unfortunately). Laura Moriarty really nailed these feelings, regardless of the difference in the socioeconomic status of my upbringing and Evelyn's. The realities of Evelyn's mother, Tina rearing a disabled child were absolutely true and heartwarming to see Tina's growth as a result.

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 352 Pages
  • Edition: Reprint
  • ISBN-10: 0786888458
  • ISBN-13: 9780786888450
  • Publisher: Hyperion
  • Pub date: Jul 14, 2004
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette and Others
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