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Pulling Down the Barn

Anne-Marie Oomen

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  • 138 sidor
  • 2004
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.
  • Författare: Anne-Marie Oomen
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780814332337
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 138
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2004-07-01
  • Förlag: Wayne State University Press