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Pulling Down the Barn: Memories of a Rural Childhood
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. Written as a series of heartfelt interlocking narratives, this collection of essays portrays the realities...more
Paperback, 138 pages
Published
September 1st 2004
by Wayne State University Press
(first published July 2004)
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I don't know what it is about winter that makes me want to read about living in the country, but this is so much more than a memoir of growing up on a farm. It is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read -- lyrical, passionate and graceful writing.
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If you love words and the magic spells they weave, pick up a book by this wondrous writer. She paints a montage of her life growing up in rural Michigan. Oomen is also a poet and her prose shows. Each story is like dessert; you don't want it to end.
Though Oomen grew up on a farm in lower Michigan, her descriptions and experiences reminded me of my growing up years on a dairy farm in Northwestern Wisconsin. I'm thinking that my sisters would enjoy this book. It's a short, quick read.
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