Speak to the Earth

Speak to the Earth
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0253223423
ISBN-13 : 9780253223425
Rating : 4/5 (425 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Speak to the Earth by : Rachel Peden

Download or read book Speak to the Earth written by Rachel Peden and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A farmwife for 45 years, Rachel Peden believed that the family farm's best crop is a "harvest of the spirit." In Speak to the Earth, she looks at life—domestic and wild, human and critter—through the eyes of someone who witnesses nine seasons of the year rather than the typical four. Peden views the farm as "a place of opportunity simultaneous with obligation, an immaculate fitting-together of plant and animal life." Each year yields an abundance of small, priceless observations. Through her writings, Peden encourages readers to appreciate both the simple pleasures in life as well as the more profound qualities embodied in family and neighbors, mallards and ladybugs, possums and pigs, and the irresistible characteristics of old houses, local history, and changing times.


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