Full Description
In prose as clean and beautiful as the stark prairie setting, The Plain Sense of Things tells the stories of three generations of a western Nebraska family. These tales of sorrow and hope are connected by the sinews of need and flawed love that keep families together. A farm wife struggles to support her children after the death of her second husband; a young woman grapples with the shift from girlhood to motherhood; World War II wreaks havoc on those left behind; and a failing farmstead breaks a family's heart. Amid hardship and change, these interwoven stories illuminate the resilience and dignity-and the subtle sweetness-of a life lived in clear view of the plain sense of things. Download a Study Guide (PDF).
Contents
Ghost Town
Hard Times Ahead
Sliding Down the Milky Way
Be Careful What You Wish For
Elitch Gardens
Never Mind
Good-bye, Old Kid
Pipe Dreams
Wonderful Words of Life
Lost Boy
How Is It Where You Are?
Fibber Magee's Closet
Secrets
Saved
I Wonder Why-why-why-why
Little Deaths and Minor Resurrections
Love Songs
Acknowledgments
