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Jeffrey Lent

Born

The United States

Genre

Historical Fiction, Fiction

Influences

William Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Cormac McCarthy, Walt Whitman ...more

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Jeffrey Lent was born in Vermont and grew up there and in western New York State, on dairy farms powered mainly by draft horses. He studied Literature and Psychology at Franconia College in New Hampshire and SUNY Purchase. He lived for many years in North Carolina, an enriching and formative experience. Lent currently resides with his wife and two daughters in central Vermont.

His novel In the Fall was a national bestseller reprinted four times in its first month of publication, was a New York Times Book Review Notable Book for 2000, and earned Jeffrey placement in both Barnes & Noble’s and Borders’ new writer programs; his follow-up, Lost Nation, was a summer reading pick of The Washington Post and USA Today. Both novels were BookSense pick ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 6,167 ratings · 897 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	So the Wind Won't Blow It All Away (Canons) by Richard Brautigan, Jeffrey Lent (Introduction) 4.03 avg rating — 4,519 ratings — published 1982 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Fall 3.85 avg rating — 2,505 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost Nation 4.01 avg rating — 1,197 ratings — published 2002 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oh The Glory Of It All, The Fox's Walk, The Winds of Change, The Family Tree, Lost Nation & East of The Mountains by Sean Wilsey, Annabel David-Goff, Martha Grimes (Goodreads Author) 3.44 avg rating — 1,111 ratings — published 2004 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Slant of Light 3.84 avg rating — 877 ratings — published 2015 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Peculiar Grace 3.64 avg rating — 785 ratings — published 2007 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After You've Gone 3.41 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Before We Sleep 3.64 avg rating — 288 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time Wearing Out Memory: Schoharie County by Susan Daley, Steve Gross, Jeffrey Lent (Introduction) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“He doubted the hand of God but did not discount it - discarding only the God of the pulpit and the pious.”
― Jeffrey Lent, Lost Nation

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“Calamities and opportunities all jumbled up together and no sure way to distinguish one from the other.”
― Jeffrey Lent, Lost Nation

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“The law is generous. It is lawyers with their angles, hopes, dreams, wild expectations that make the law seem a rigid thing.”
― Jeffrey Lent, A Slant of Light

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What shall we read in October, 2021? Books published after 1980.

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, by John Berendt

13 votes 28.9%

The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi, by Richard Grant

10 votes 22.2%

In the Fall, by Jeffrey Lent

7 votes 15.6%

The Witching Hour, by Anne Rice

6 votes 13.3%

The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had, by Kristin Levine

6 votes 13.3%

The Birds of Opulence, by Crystal Wilkinson

3 votes 6.7%

45 total votes

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