Jon Hassler, Author . Viking $24.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-670-03125-2
A natural disaster threatens the unique rural charm of Hassler's Minnesota village in the latest installment in his ongoing series, which maintains much of its entertainment value despite his decision to bring back a secondary character from an...
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Jon Hassler, Author . Plume $14.95 (198p) ISBN 978-0-452-28540-8
Hassler, best known as the bard of the northern Minnesota town of Staggerford and its endearingly wacky inhabitants, returns to his home turf in the first of these two novellas. Nine years ago, someone killed Edward "Neddy" Nichols, and his...
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Jon Hassler, Author Loyola Press $12.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8294-1636-7
""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...
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Jon Hassler, Author Ballantine Books $5.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-345-36911-6
Father Frank Healy returns to his hometown parish and encounters a former schoolmate: the beautiful, thrice-married Libby Girard. ``Although somewhat slow-going until the halfway mark, this increasingly evocative novel then picks up speed and...
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Jon Hassler, Author Ballantine Books $21 (438p) ISBN 978-0-345-37707-4
Pungent humor and a shrewd eye for human foibles make this latest addition to Hassler's Staggerford saga ( North of Hope , etc.) memorable. The small Minnesota town is set on its ear by Miss Agatha McGee, an upright elderly resident with a...
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Jon Hassler, Author Ballantine Books $6.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-345-37708-1
In this memorable installment in the Staggerford saga, the Minnesota town is thrown into disarray by an eccentric elderly resident. (Jan.)
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Jon Hassler, Author Ballantine Books $23 (484p) ISBN 978-0-345-39356-2
In his eighth novel, Hassler (Dear James) takes leave of the denizens of Staggerford and visits the fascinating magic of his wryly observed insights upon a motley collection of junior professors at Rookery State College, a sort of purgatory for...
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Jon Hassler, Author Ballantine Books $12 (0p) ISBN 978-0-345-40641-5
Set amidst the discontent of the 1960s, Hassler's comic novel looks at a group of disaffected academics in a small Minnesota town. (Sept.)
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Jon Hassler, Author William Morrow & Company $17.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-06649-9
As if retrieved from a time capsule, Hassler's fifth novel faithfully evokes a dark vision of Midwestern small-town life in 1944. The Foster familyCatherine, Hank, their 12-year-old son, Brendan, and Catherine's elderly fatherare urging a 1928 De...
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Jon Hassler, Author Ballantine Books $19.95 (518p) ISBN 978-0-345-36910-9
As he has repeatedly been told, it was the deathbed wish of Frank Healy's mother that he become a priest. In the frozen reaches of northern Minnesota in 1949, Frank, a serious, studious youngster, is tempted from that vocation only by Libby Girard,...
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Jon Hassler, Author Viking Books $23.95 (214p) ISBN 978-0-670-03455-0
In the latest installment of Hassler's series set in the bucolic town of Staggerford, he turns his attention to the quirky residents of Sunset Senior Apartments and the tragicomic exploits of retired schoolteacher Agatha McGee. Staid and prim,...
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Jon Hassler, Author, Gaylord Schanilec, Illustrator Afton Historical Society Press $29 (120p) ISBN 978-1-890434-17-5
These seven gentle tales set in Minnesota and North Dakota and all written during the 1970s treat fans of novelist Hassler (A Green Journey; Jemmy) to the earliest fruits of his talent. Some are folksy portraits of small-town characters, while...
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