

Home Field
A Novel
Author: Hannah Gersen
Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla
Unabridged: 10 hr 45 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 07/26/2016
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Family Life
Author: Hannah Gersen
Narrator: Chris Andrew Ciulla
Unabridged: 10 hr 45 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 07/26/2016
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Family Life
Hannah Gersen was born in Maine and grew up in western Maryland. She is a staff writer for The Millions, and her writing has been published in the New York Times, Granta, and The Southern Review, among others. Home Field is her first novel. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.
I can sure see the stated resemblance especially to Friday Night Lights -an understated but powerful rendition of a family torn apart by tragedy. It made me reflect on mental illness, specifically depression and suicide, and how it impacts loved ones and causes unintended reverberations.......more
I received this book in a goodreads giveaway and I'm so glad i did because it's a beautifully written novel about family drama; a father, his teenage daughter, his two young sons, and the small town they live in. For anyone who grew up in the 90's or raised children during the 90's this book will re......more
Hannah Gersen's debut novel Home Field is billed as a combination of Friday Night Lights and My So-Called Life. That's quite a high bar to set, and Gersen clears it with room to spare. Dean is a successful high school football coach in a small Maryland town. He runs a terrific program, and is known a......more