Pulling Down the Barn: Memories of a Rural Childhood
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.
- Author
- Anne-Marie Oomen
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 138
- Series
- Great Lakes Books Series
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780814332337
- Genres
- essays, memoir
- Release date
- 2004
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