Finding Josie / Wendy Bilen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bilen, Wendy, 1969-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Broadhead, Josie, 1911-1994.

Broadhead, Josie.

Bilen, Wendy, 1969---Family.

Bilen, Wendy.

Middle West--Biography.

Middle West.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Madison, Wis.] : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One woman plumbs her family history in search of meaning and wisdom in her own life. With a focus squarely on the Midwest, Bilen pieces together the history of her grandmother, Josie Broadhead, born in 1911 and raised on the North Dakota prairie. When Josie married a Wisconsin farmer, she moved to a large dairy farm outside La Crosse and began taking in people in need of a home along the way. Breathing life into Josie and her family, friends and neighbors, the author evokes a powerful sense of place--of small towns, farms and prairies--that feel both fresh and satisfyingly familiar.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Author�s Note""; ""Lost""; ""Departures""; ""Kinship""; ""Bearings""; ""Intersections""; ""Revisitation""; ""Rough Passage""; ""Wrong Way""; ""Guides""; ""Trenches""; ""Barrenness""; ""Two Roads""; ""The Youth""; ""The Babies""; ""The Boy""; ""Footprints""; ""The Mother""; ""The Eight""; ""Vista""; ""Found""; ""Epilogue""; ""Reading Group Discussion Questions""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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ISBN:

0-87020-484-X

OCLC:

923518391