Eventide

By: Kent Haruf

Narrated by: George Hearn

One of the most beloved novels in recent years, Plainsong was a best-seller from coast to coast—and now Kent Haruf returns to the High Plains community of Holt, Colorado, with a story of even more masterful authority.

When the McPheron brothers see Victoria Roubideaux, the single mother they’d taken in, move from their ranch to begin college, an emptiness opens before them—and for many other townspeople it also promises to be a long, hard winter. A young boy living alone with his grandfather helps out a neighbor whose husband, off in Alaska, suddenly isn’t coming home, leaving her to raise their two daughters. At school the children of a disabled couple suffer indignities that their parents know all too well in their own lives, with only a social worker to look after them and a violent relative to endanger them further. But in a small town a great many people encounter one another frequently, often surprisingly, and destinies soon become entwined—for good and for ill—as they confront events that sorely test the limits of their resilience and means, with no refuge available except what their own character and that of others afford them.

Spring eventually does reach across the land, and how the people of Eventide get there makes for an engrossing, profoundly moving novel rich in the wisdom, humor, and humanity for which Kent Haruf is justly acclaimed.

A worthy successor to Plainsong

Another character-driven tale of Holt, Colorado, narrated with skill and passion by George. Hear.

Multiple stories are skillfully intertwined, as they were in Plainsong, but the pace is faster and more suspenseful. Parts may break your heart, but there is always redemption in Kent Haruf's novels.
Recommended.

Good but not as good as his first book

I enjoyed listening but expected to love it as I did the first book. Don’t know if I will continue with the series.

I really cared about the characters in this book.

I read this novel almost straight through without stopping. I am now attempting to get a copy of "Plainsong", to see what may have come before. It was hard to leave these folks, at the various stages in their lives. There is ample material for a sequel(s).
I enjoyed the background descriptions of the settings and of life on the plaines. The narrator, George Hearn, was a great match for this story .

Welcome Back to Holt!

A beautiful and quiet continuation of Plainsong. Simple and eloquent full of daily heartaches and triumphs. Loved this book, but recommend you listen to Plainsong first.

Wonderful story

I loved it! What a nice story in a time when we need something besides violence and terror in our lives. The characters are so likeable. Looking forward to the next installment. Meanwhile, I'll get Plain Song. Not having heard Plain Song was not a problem, though.