Short-listed for the 2002 Saskatchewan Book Awards for Best Non-Fiction and Best Book
The stories in Coming Home are as surprising as the landscape of Saskatchewan itself and as varied as its weather. Through the author’s reminiscences, we experience prairie life as it was more than sixty years ago, and as it is today.
A rich cast of characters appears — neighbours, drunks, misfits — all with a place in the story. These are the tales of a father who lived hard, failed often, and was loved much, of a mother who was an artist at heart but became a teacher and farmer’s wife through circumstance.
We visit a prairie dance hall with a floor that rests on horsehair, encounter death, baptize a child, participate in a nude massage. We view sex from a farm boy’s perspective, learn of home brew and cabbage rolls, eat breakfast with friends, and meet the author’s favourite waitress. A sense of awe and wonder emerges through encounters with the land and the unfolding of the changing seasons.
Ron Evans
Coming Home
Saskatchewan Remembered
Coming Home
Saskatchewan Remembered
Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 216 ● ISBN 9781459712928 ● Dimensione 2.0 MB ● Casa editrice Dundurn ● Città Toronto ● Paese CA ● Pubblicato 2002 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 5277175 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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