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The memoir of a small-town childhood by one of Minnesota’s favorite writers, now published for the first timeI’ve always thought of the Red Owl Grocery Store in Plainview, Minnesota, as my training ground, for it was there that I acquired the latent qualities necessary to the novelist: from my dear German father, endurance, patience, resilience, and sound working habits, and from my dear Irish mother, the fun of picking individuals out of a cr...

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Jon Hassler is a writer good enough to restore your faith in fiction...His subjects are life, love, and death...and he writes with wisdom and grace." --The New York Times

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From the one-room chapel in a prairie town to the grandiose cathedral on a city street, churches stand at the heart of the Minnesota landscape. A photographer and an award-winning writer come together to honor these icons and share their stories.

Originally published: New York: Atheneum, 1977.

Populated with the charming crew of eccentrics and quirky characters that keep Hassler's fans clamoring for more, this novel follows 87-year-old Agatha McGee as she discovers that friends and family are the secrets to longevity and that the essence of life lies in the details.

Filled with his trademark humor and warmth, Jon Hassler's The Staggerford Murders and The Life and Death of Nancy Clancy's Nephew offer a welcome return to the town that has captivated readers for years.In The Staggerford Murders, residents of the Ransford Hotel "solve" the nine- year-old murder of esteemed Staggerford citizen Neddy Nichols and the disappearance of his widow, Blanche. Hassler's wry humor is in full force as this wonderful tale...

Tom Barry's summer starts off bad and only gets worse. He not only has to write a paper during the summer, but he sees his best friend rob a store. He doesn't tell a soul about it, but then later in the summer, at his uncle's resort in the Minnesota woods, Tom becomes part of something much worse. The stakes are higher and this time his life is on the line.

In The Staggerford Flood, Jon Hassler brings back Agatha McGee and reunites other favorite characters from his award-winning Staggerford novels. When a flood hits Staggerford and neighboring towns, Agatha McGee's house on the highest hill in town becomes a refuge for seven female neighbors, friends, and former students for three days and three nights. This deluge of old and new friends-as well as a new young priest who thinks Agatha has become...

Fans of Hassler and his work will no doubt delight in these sketches of the many people who accompanied him 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.