Hannah Coulter: A Novel (Port Willam) [B0763]

2005 PB. Hannah Coulter is Wendell Berry's seventh novel and his first to employ the voice of a woman character in its telling. Hannah, the now-elderly narrator, recounts the love she has for the land and for her community. She remembers each of her two husbands, and all places and community connections threatened by twentieth-century technologies. At risk is the whole culture of family farming, hope redeemed when her wayward and once lost grandson, Virgil, returns to his rural home place to work the farm.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Love the beautifully written introspection by Berry. I had to constantly remind myself it was indeed a man who wrote this! I felt deeply for Hannah throughout the book and I loved the section on grief. It was such a powerful piece on moving forward despite the hard; and that grit really dug into me as both tragic and encouraging. I additionally loved the extent of her life and her journey through mothering. As a young mother myself, I was able to contemplate ways I might be pondering life as a mother to grown children and adults someday. What an illuminating illustration on life's journey. I truly enjoyed this read!"; "Marvelous in the mundane, extraordinary in the most ordinary. My first Berry novel and it did not disappoint. So many one-liners, and more than a few tears."; "I am so grateful for the experience of this book."