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Jeffrey Lent

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The United States

Genre

Historical Fiction, Fiction

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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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Jeffrey Lent’s books

Average rating: 3.82 · 6,028 ratings · 882 reviews · 13 distinct works • Similar authors

	In the Fall 3.84 avg rating — 2,440 ratings — published 2000 — 55 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 — 1,180 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
	A Slant of Light 3.84 avg rating — 866 ratings — published 2015 — 13 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 — 767 ratings — published 2007 — 19 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 3.39 avg rating — 319 ratings — published 2008 — 9 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 3.63 avg rating — 281 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
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	After You've Gone: A Novel 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 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
	A Peculiar Grace Lib/E by Jeffrey Lent, Todd McLaren (Reader) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 by Jeffrey Lent (2015-10-08) by Jeffrey Lent, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 August, 2021? Books published after 1980.

The Long Home, by William Gay

18 votes 32.7%

The Killing Hills, by Chris Offutt

14 votes 25.5%

The Sweetness of Water, by Nathan Harris

8 votes 14.5%

Kate Vaiden, by Reynolds Price

7 votes 12.7%

The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War, by Michael Gorra

5 votes 9.1%

In the Fall, by Jeffrey Lent

3 votes 5.5%

55 total votes

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