The plain sense of things / Pamela Carter Joern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joern, Pamela Carter, 1948-

Series:

Flyover fiction.

Flyover fiction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nebraska--Fiction.

Nebraska.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In prose as clean and beautiful as the stark prairie setting, The Plain Sense of Things tells the stories of three generations of a western Nebraska family. These tales of sorrow and hope are connected by the sinews of need and flawed love that keep families together. A farm wife struggles to support her children after the death of her second husband; a young woman grapples with the shift from girlhood to motherhood; World War II wreaks havoc on those left behind; and a failing farmstead breaks a family's heart. Amid hardship and change, these interwoven stories illuminate the resilience and d

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Ghost Town; Hard Times Ahead; Sliding Down the Milky Way; Be Careful What You Wish For; Elitch Gardens; Never Mind; Good-bye, Old Kid; Pipe Dreams; Wonderful Words of Life; Lost Boy; How Is It Where You Are?; Fibber McGee's Closet; Secrets; Saved; I Wonder Why-why-why-why; Little Deaths & Minor Resurrections; Love Songs

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-281-95822-0

9786611958220

0-8032-1857-5

OCLC:

250467571