The Center of Winter

{{short description|2005 novel by Marya Hornbacher}} {{one source|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox book |  | name = The Center of Winter | title_orig = | translator = | image = The Center of Winter.jpg| caption = | author = Marya Hornbacher | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = | language = English | series = | genre = Fiction | publisher = Harper Perennial | release_date = 2005 | english_release_date = | media_type = | pages = 352 paperback; 336 hardcover | isbn = 0-06-092968-5 | dewey= 813/.6 22 | congress= PS3608.O7625 C46 2005 | oclc= 54882030 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}

'''''The Center of Winter''''' is a novel by the American author Marya Hornbacher. It was published by Harper Perennial in early 2005.

It follows the aftermath of a father's suicide and takes place over the course of a year.

According to ''Publishers Weekly'': "Hornbacher is a gifted writer, skilled at capturing the intense sensations of childhood and possessed of a particular talent for dialogue, but the indiscriminate ratcheting up of emotion and large doses of wise-child winsomeness give the novel a precious edge."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780060192266|title=The Center of Winter. Marya Hornbacher, . . HarperCollins, $23.95 (336pp) ISBN 978-0-06-019226-6|work=Publishers Weekly|date=|access-date=March 15, 2026}}</ref>

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