| Author: | Charles Fish | ISBN: | 9781466896659 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Publication: | December 6, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Language: | English |
| Author: | Charles Fish |
| ISBN: | 9781466896659 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Publication: | December 6, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Language: | English |
In 1836, Henry Lester moved his family from the Vermont hills to better land on the valley floor north of Rutland, beginning a saga six generations on a farm, which this book portrays and explores with an affectionate but critical eye. What gives the book its distinctive charm is its vivid evocation of a way of life: the beloved grandmother keeping house both as a shelter and as a temple of the spirit; the uncles sowing and harvesting, raising and slaughtering; the author, as a small boy, working with the men, fishing and hunting, and later, reflecting on the issues of pleasure and work, freedom and community.
In 1836, Henry Lester moved his family from the Vermont hills to better land on the valley floor north of Rutland, beginning a saga six generations on a farm, which this book portrays and explores with an affectionate but critical eye. What gives the book its distinctive charm is its vivid evocation of a way of life: the beloved grandmother keeping house both as a shelter and as a temple of the spirit; the uncles sowing and harvesting, raising and slaughtering; the author, as a small boy, working with the men, fishing and hunting, and later, reflecting on the issues of pleasure and work, freedom and community.
