Fans of Jon Hassler and his work will no doubt delight in these sketches of the many good people who have accompanied him on his journey through life and warmed his heart. The varied cast of characters includes Hassler's parents, boyhood friends, relatives, colleagues, and even the fictional characters he has created in his many years as a writer. Like his other books, GOOD PEOPLE will be enjoyed by people of all ages and from all walks of life.
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"I had the great good fortune to be reared in a cocoon of goodness," begins novelist Jon Hassler (Staggerford) in Good People... from an Author's Life, a memoir of the people who most impressed him with their kindness. Beginning with family members and running through childhood and adult friends and even characters from his novels, Hassler explores many permutations of goodness, its difficulties, complexities and many of its particular attributes: "It's a characteristic of anyone growing up in a happy household, I've found, this ability to wring every possible remark out of an unremarkable topic." Funny, wise and warm-hearted, this tribute will delight anyone looking for a pick-me-up or a reminder of why it pays to be kind.
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"Enduring lessons from Hassler's life that, like his fiction, reveal the complexity and ambiguity that come from astute human understanding." -- The Chicago Tribune
"GOOD PEOPLE is lighthearted, funny, and delightful to read. It is profound in its healthy understanding of the importance of relationships in our lives." -- Fr. Joseph Girzone, author, The Joshua Series
"GOOD PEOPLE is vintage Hassler. It's wry, wise, and handsomely written." -- Dave Wood, Syndicated book columnist
"Hassler's memoir makes goodness intriguing—a mystery that awes and inspires and consoles." -- Carol DeChant, author, MOMMA'S ENCHANTED SUPPER
"Jon Hassler's GOOD PEOPLE is a literary stroll around the block on a summer's eve, a going back home." -- Philip Gulley, author, FRONT PORCH TALES
"GOOD PEOPLE is lighthearted, funny, and delightful to read. It is profound in its healthy understanding of the importance of relationships in our lives." -- Fr. Joseph Girzone, author, The Joshua Series
"GOOD PEOPLE is vintage Hassler. It's wry, wise, and handsomely written." -- Dave Wood, Syndicated book columnist
"Hassler's memoir makes goodness intriguing—a mystery that awes and inspires and consoles." -- Carol DeChant, author, MOMMA'S ENCHANTED SUPPER
"Jon Hassler's GOOD PEOPLE is a literary stroll around the block on a summer's eve, a going back home." -- Philip Gulley, author, FRONT PORCH TALES
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- Wheat that Springeth Green (New York Review Books Classics) by J.F. Powers on 5 pages
- North of Hope (Loyola Classics) by Jon Hassler in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Rookery Blues by Jon Hassler in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- When We Were Very Young (Pooh Original Edition) by A. A. Milne on page 10, and Back Matter
- Dear James: A Novel by Jon Hassler in Back Matter
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