Where You Once Belonged - Softcover

"Taut and deadly. . . . A terse and beautifully wrought narration." --"Los Angeles Times" "A beautifully told parable--simple and stark and true." --"Newsday" "Where You Once Belonged speaks with the authenticity of . . . Hemingway and Faulkner." --"The Denver Post" "Haruf's brooding, pondering style translates into first-class writing." --"Rocky Mountain News"

Heavy-built Jack Burdette is quite literally too big for his boots - and too big, certainly for the small-town attitudes of Holt, Colorado. But when he fails to make the grade as a college footballer, and takes a job with the local farmers' co-operative, it seems he has finally settled into the rhythm and routine of everyday life. Outward appearances can be deceptive, however, as Jack proves: returning from a weekend conference with a new wife in tow, then leaving her behind and skipping town with a bundle of other folk's money. Nearly a decade later, no one has forgiven or forgotten, and when Jack reappears, resentment runs high. Once again though, it is Jack whose presence - even more than his eight-year absence - proves the most devastating.