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Pulling Down the Barn: Memories of a Rural Childhood (Great Lakes Books Series)
Anne-Marie Oomen
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Description for Pulling Down the Barn: Memories of a Rural Childhood (Great Lakes Books Series)
Paperback. 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. Series: Great Lake Books Series. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 218.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Condition
New
Series
Great Lake Books Series
Number of Pages
138
Place of Publication
Detroit, MI, United States
ISBN
9780814332337
SKU
V9780814332337
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