Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Review of The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
therubycanary avatar reviewed on + 44 more book reviews


I really liked "The Member of the Wedding", another by this author. She has a way of capturing the minds of teenage girls.

Taking place in a declining mill town, the lives of several characters that intersect, but aren't sure how to make true connections with each other. I was told last night by an English professor friend of mine, that this is a very common plot for novels set in the 1920s. It burst my bubble a little bit, but I'm still very impressed by the book, especially given it was written by a 23 year old.