In Good Hands (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780374529826)

In 1836, Henry Lester moved his family from the Vermont hills to better land on the valley floor north of Rutland, beginning a saga six generations on a farm, which this book portrays and explores with an affectionate but critical eye. What gives the book its distinctive charm is its vivid evocation of a way of life: the beloved grandmother keeping house both as a shelter and as a temple of the spirit; the uncles sowing and harvesting, raising and slaughtering; the author, as a small boy, working with the men, fishing and hunting, and later, reflecting on the issues of pleasure and work, freedom and community.

Author: Charles Fish
ISBN-10: 0374529825
ISBN-13: 9780374529826
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2004
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.16w x 0.60d