Prairie Silence A Memoir |
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Author:
| Hoffert, Melanie |
ISBN: | 978-0-8070-4473-5 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2018 |
Publisher: | Beacon Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $59.99 |
Book Description:
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Melanie Hoffert longs for her rural North Dakotan home, with its grain trucksand empty main streets, but like many, she followed the out-migration pattern to a more urban life. She returns home during harvest to confront the silences that have keep her at an arm's length from her childhood community. When asked if she's found a "fella," rather than explain that--actually--she dates women, she stops breathing and changes the subject. In this evocative memoir Hoffert offers a deeply...
More DescriptionMelanie Hoffert longs for her rural North Dakotan home, with its grain trucksand empty main streets, but like many, she followed the out-migration pattern to a more urban life. She returns home during harvest to confront the silences that have keep her at an arm's length from her childhood community. When asked if she's found a "fella," rather than explain that--actually--she dates women, she stops breathing and changes the subject. In this evocative memoir Hoffert offers a deeply personal and poignant meditation on land and community, taking readers on a journey of self-acceptance and reconciliation.