Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This paperback brings together Donald Hall's writings on Eagle Pond Farm, his ancestral home in New Hampshire, where he visited his grandparents as a young boy, and then lived with his wife, the poet Jane Kenyon, until her death. It includes the entire, previously published Seasons at Eagle Pond, the poem "Daylilies on the HIll," and several uncollected pieces.
Synopsis
A life well-lived in rural New England, through the eyes of a master writer. This collection includes Donald Hall's Seasons at Eagle Pond, Here at Eagle Pond, the poem "Daylilies on the Hill," and many uncollected pieces. Here is Hall on letter writing, possessions, the past, wood stoves, the weather, the Boston Red Sox, satellite dishes, and much more from Eagle Pond Farm - his ancestral home in New Hampshire, where he visited his grandparents as a young boy. Throughout, Hall beautifully narrates the flow of one season into then next, taking the good with the bad and moving on, knowing that the cycle always begins again. Approaching all facets of life with a sense of simplicity and love, Hall distills the human experience with a sense of humor that readers will return to again and again, each time learning something new.