A Publishers Marketplace 2021 Buzz Book
A Goodreads Best Debut Novel of 2021
A Goodreads Historical Fiction Novel to Discover in 2021
A Library Journal 2021 Most Anticipated Book
A Library Journal Debut Novel of Spring and Summer 2021
Longlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award
Winner of an AudioFile Magazine Earphones Award
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"There’s magic here.”
- Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls and Chances Are...
“The Lowering Days is a masterful debut."
- Elizabeth Wetmore, New York Times-bestselling author of Valentine
"A lyrical and sincere work by a novelist fully alive to the natural world."
- Anthony Marra, New York Times-bestselling author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
"Unflinching, lyrical, and timely."
- Nickolas Butler, author of Shotgun Lovesongs and Little Faith
“Gregory Brown renders the lives and landscapes of rural Maine with great power and greater compassion.”
- Madhuri Vijay, author of The Far Field
"Brown’s dynamic debut shines a light on a small town’s fraught history in Maine’s Penobscot River valley . . . Lyrical and gorgeously written. "
- Publishers Weekly
"Brown tells a gripping tale."
- Kirkus
"Graceful and compassionate."
- The Boston Globe
- Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Empire Falls and Chances Are...
“The Lowering Days is a masterful debut."
- Elizabeth Wetmore, New York Times-bestselling author of Valentine
"A lyrical and sincere work by a novelist fully alive to the natural world."
- Anthony Marra, New York Times-bestselling author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
"Unflinching, lyrical, and timely."
- Nickolas Butler, author of Shotgun Lovesongs and Little Faith
“Gregory Brown renders the lives and landscapes of rural Maine with great power and greater compassion.”
- Madhuri Vijay, author of The Far Field
"Brown’s dynamic debut shines a light on a small town’s fraught history in Maine’s Penobscot River valley . . . Lyrical and gorgeously written. "
- Publishers Weekly
"Brown tells a gripping tale."
- Kirkus
"Graceful and compassionate."
- The Boston Globe