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First edition. |
| Description |
299 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Essays: Menial labor and the muse ; Long road to an upland farm ; A horse for fun ; Have saddle, will travel ; Gone to the dogs ; Enough jam for a lifetime ; Mutts ; Children of darkness ; Jicama without expectations ; Labors of love -- pt. II. Stories: Solstice ; Beginning with Gussie ; Jack ; The Cassandra effect ; Bummers ; Hey dude ; The match ; Flotation devices. |
| Summary |
Nearly twenty years ago, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Maxine Kumin transplanted her urban family to an overgrown New Hampshire farm. Her latest prose work, a graceful and appealing blend of ten essays and eight stories, grew from the exertions and exhilarations of country living. |
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Now a consummate horsewoman, Kumin here revels in the long-awaited birth of a foal; the rehabilitation of an abused mare; and such daily pleasures as the antics of Rilke, "the Poet's Dog," and the tactile beauty of home-grown vegetables. Kumin also muses on the process of writing, as inspired by the natural rhythms of farm life. |
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Her stories, always underscored by a profound attachment to the natural world, focus subtly on personal relationships - as between a young naturalist and her widowed father; or a love affair between a hunter and a radical environmentalist. Full of anecdote and advice, love and grief, these pieces showcase one of our most versatile and deeply passionate writers. |
| Subject |
Farm life -- New Hampshire -- Fiction.
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Farm life -- New Hampshire.
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| ISBN |
0393036553 |
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9780393036558 |
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