Pulling Down the Barn: Memories of a Rural Childhood - Couverture souple

Oomen, Anne-Marie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0814332331 ISBN 13 : 9780814332337

Editeur : Wayne State University Press, 2004

Synopsis

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, 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Anne-Marie Oomen is chair of the Creative Writing Department at Interlochen Art Academy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wayne State University Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0814332331
• ISBN 13: 9780814332337
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 138
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible