Front Cover -- Front Matter -- International Praise for Miss Read -- Books by Miss Read -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Part One: Travelling Hopefully -- 1. Spring Afternoon -- 2. Doctor's Prescription -- 3. Prospective Lodgers --...
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Front Cover -- Front Matter -- International Praise for Miss Read -- Books by Miss Read -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Part One: Travelling Hopefully -- 1. Spring Afternoon -- 2. Doctor's Prescription -- 3. Prospective Lodgers -- 4. April Rain -- 5. The Coming of Curdle's Fair -- 6. The First of May -- 7. New Hopes -- 8. More News of Lodgers -- Part Two: Change at Thrush Green -- 9. Visitors to Thrush Green -- 10. Ella's Party -- 11. Village Gossip -- 12. House-Hunting -- 13. Miss Fogerty Carries On -- 14. Comings and Goings -- 15. Early Summer -- 16. Problems for the Piggotts -- 17. Living Alone -- 18. Hope for the Curdles -- 19. Miss Fogerty has a Shock -- 20. A Proposal -- Epilogue
This, the first title in the Port William series, introduces the rural section of Kentucky with which novelist Wendell Berry has had a lifelong fascination. When young Nathan loses his grandfather, Berry guides readers through the process of Nathan's...
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This, the first title in the Port William series, introduces the rural section of Kentucky with which novelist Wendell Berry has had a lifelong fascination. When young Nathan loses his grandfather, Berry guides readers through the process of Nathan's grief, endearing the reader to the simple humanity through which Nathan views the world. Echoing Berry's own strongly held beliefs, Nathan tells us that his grandfather's life "couldn't be divided from the days he'd spent at work in his fields." Berry has long been compared to Faulkner for his ability to erect entire communities in his fiction, and his heart and soul have always lived in Port William, Kentucky. In this eloquent novel about duty, community, and a sweeping love of the land, Berry gives readers a classic book that takes them to that storied place Title -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5