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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Pulling Down the Barn: Memories of a Rural Childhood

Pulling Down the Barn: Memories of a Rural Childhood

Oomen, Anne-Marie

Paperback

Series: Great Lakes Books

Biographies GeneralGeneral ParentingGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0814332331
ISBN13: 9780814332337
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: Jul 28 2004
Pages: 152
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.34 Width: 6.02 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Awards: Michigan Notable Books

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.

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