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9780814332337

Pulling down the Barn : Memories of a Rural Childhood

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  • ISBN13:

    9780814332337

  • ISBN10:

    0814332331

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-07-01
  • Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr
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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Anne-Marie Oomen is chair of the creative writing department at Interlochen Art Academy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
First Sound
1(4)
Hay
5(3)
The Hand
8(4)
Apple Gifts
12(2)
First Gods
14(3)
The Barn
17(5)
The Second Fall
22(7)
Killdeer
29(3)
Violence
32(8)
Winter Fields
40(10)
Weather Changes
50(6)
Metaphor
56(8)
Cleaning Kill
64(6)
Interruptions
70(10)
Liturgy
80(7)
Water Jugs
87(4)
Bees
91(9)
The Return
100(4)
Tractor
104(11)
The Witness
115(3)
The Host
118(16)
Pulling Down the Barn
134(3)
About the Author 137

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