Pulling Down the Barn

Memories of a Rural Childhood

By:

Anne-Marie Oomen

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Great Lakes Books Series

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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.

Author Biography:

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

Release date NZ

July 31st, 2004

Author

Anne-Marie Oomen

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

138

Series

Great Lakes Books Series

Dimensions

152x229x9

ISBN-13

9780814332337

Product ID

5738255

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