Pulling down the barn : memories of a rural childhood / Anne-Marie Oomen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oomen, Anne-Marie.

Series:

Great Lakes books.

Great Lakes books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Country life--Michigan--Oceana County.

Country life.

Farm life--Michigan--Oceana County.

Farm life.

Farmers--Michigan--Oceana County--Biography.

Farmers.

Girls--Michigan--Oceana County--Biography.

Girls.

Oceana County (Mich.)--Social life and customs--20th century.

Oceana County (Mich.).

Oceana County (Mich.)--Biography.

Oomen, Anne-Marie--Childhood and youth.

Oomen, Anne-Marie.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Detroit : Wayne State University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Blending artful language and style with the dirt, blood, and sweat of farm life, this collection of essays tells a moving story of growing up in rural Michigan. 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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9780814335796

0814335799

OCLC:

755632768