Buch, Englisch, 138 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 228 g
Reihe: Great Lakes Books
Memories of a Rural Childhood
Buch, Englisch, 138 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 228 g
Reihe: Great Lakes Books
ISBN: 978-0-8143-3233-7
Verlag: Wayne State University Press
Pulling Down the Barn eloquently recalls author Anne-Marie Oomen's personal journey as she discovers herself an outsider on her family farm located in western Michigan's Oceana County, in the township of Elbridge - a couple hundred acres in the middle of rural America. Written as a series of heartfelt interlocking narratives, this collection of essays portrays the realities of farm life: haying, picking asparagus and cherries, the machinery of tractors and pickers, but each chapter also touches upon the more ethereal and rarely articulated: the stoic love that permeates a family, the farmer's struggle with identity, the unspoken patriarchy of land passed on to sons (often at the expense of daughters), and the way land can shape a childhood. With its rich language and style, Pulling Down the Barn engrosses the reader in Oomen's memories - setting beauty and wonder against work and loss - and paints a poignant portrait of growing up in rural Michigan.
