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9780803216198

The Plain Sense of Things

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  • ISBN13:

    9780803216198

  • ISBN10:

    080321619X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-09-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr
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Summary

In prose as clean and beautiful as the stark prairie setting,The Plain Sense of Thingstells 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 dignityand the subtle sweetnessof a life lived in clear view of the plain sense of things. Download a Study Guide (pdf) .

Author Biography

Pamela Carter Joern’s debut novel, The Floor of the Sky (available in a Bison Books edition), was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection and winner of the Alex Award and the Nebraska Book Award. Joern is a playwright, the winner of a Tamarack Award, and the recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board writing fellowship. Visit her Web site at www.pamelacarterjoern.com.

Table of Contents

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 Magee's Closet
Secrets
Saved
I Wonder Why-why-why-why
Little Deaths and Minor Resurrections
Love Songs
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