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Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A rural expatriate’s struggle to reconcile family, home, love, and faith with the silence of the prairie land and its people
Melanie Hoffert longs for her rural North Dakota home with its grain trucks and empty main streets. But like many, she followed the out-migration pattern to a more urban life. When she returns home during harvest to confront the silences that have kept her at arm’s length from her childhood community, she finds it’s not easy. When asked if she's found a “fella,” rather than explain that 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. VideoAbout the AuthorMelanie Hoffert grew up on a farm near Wyndmere, North Dakota, where she spent her childhood wandering gravel roads, listening to farmers at church potlucks, and daydreaming about impossible love. She has an MFA in creative writing from Hamline University, and her work has appeared in several literary journals. She received the 2005 Creative Nonfiction Award from the Baltimore Review and the 2010 Creative Nonfiction Award from New Millennium Writings. Since 2008 she has worked for Teach For America as managing director of TFANet, the online social-networking hub for their corps members and alumni.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: The Allure of Grain Trucks
Chapter 2: Silent Prairie Beginnings Chapter 3: Harvest Retreat Chapter 4: When Love Gains a Face Chapter 5: Rubbers and Nipples on the Farm Chapter 6: The Last Kiss Chapter 7: Yoga in the Air Chapter 8: Born Again for the First Time Chapter 9: Small-Town Tour Chapter 10: The Boy Chapter 11: Floating toward the Light Chapter 12: Redheaded Redneck Chapter 13: Bible Camp Chapter 14: God’s Followers Chapter 15: The Plainness of Holiness Chapter 16: Grain Truck Apprenticeship Chapter 17: Sheets and Lights Chapter 18: Tiny Cowboy Town Chapter 19: Flow Chapter 20: The Last of the Barns Epilogue: Going Home Acknowledgments What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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