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Her idyllic teen years on a British Columbia dairy farm with her mother and brother irrevocably changed by the arrival of a draft dodger, natalie Ward remembers years later the impact he had on the morals and beliefs of their community.

"Being born the daughter of surgeons does not make you a surgeon, but what about being the daughter of farmers? What happens when childhood and on-the-job training are one and the same? In Jennifer Neves's inquisitive and humorous collection of essays about growing up and raising a family in rural Maine, there is little doubt that memories and the stories they inspire continue to guide and shape her throughout life. This collection is both an investigation...

A tale of farm life featuring Beth, 15, as she milks the cows, shovels manure and fights off advances by boys and her father. But she welcomes the advances of an Indian girl from a reservation and an affair develops, opening her eyes to a world rich in lore and spirits. The setting is Canada, the time the 1940s. A first novel.

Set in the late 1800s and early 1900s, a story about women who come to America to start new lives.

A bickering ranching family must deal with a panther killing its cattle during a harsh winter.

Gary and Susan Hazen are natives of the Adirondacks, high school sweethearts who have raised their two sons on the satisfaction of living off the land. Gary is a highly principled and respected woodsman and hunter, but his self-righteousness brings him into conflict with his sons. Both young men have secrets that will strain the family fabric, and together father and sons weave a tangle of intention and circumstance that will culminate in an act that...

In this suspenseful sequel to "Highland Hopes", Abigail Porter Waterbury faces the challenges of motherhood in the midst of the depression while reeling from the economic adversity that has brought her husband's law practice to collapse. Abby's brother, Daniel Porter must confront his own demons or risk drowning in drink and regret. And the fued between the Porters and Clacks heats up.

The Grapes of Wrath is a landmark of American literature. A portrait of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless, of one man's fierce reaction to injustice, and of one woman's stoical strength, the novel captures the horrors of the Great Depression and probes into the very nature of equality and justice in America. Although it follows the movement of thousands of men and women and the transformation of an entire nation, The Grapes of Wrath...