Prairie Silence A Memoir |
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| Author:
| Hoffert, Melanie |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8070-4473-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press
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| Imprint: | Beacon Press |
| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
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.