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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
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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

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"Brown tells a gripping tale."
- Kirkus


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"Graceful and compassionate." 
- The Boston Globe
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