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Woven on the Wind: Woman Write About Friendship in the Sagebrush West
by: Nancy Curtis, Linda M. Hasselstrom, Gaydell M. Collier

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Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 810.809287
EAN: 9780395977088
ISBN: 0395977088
Label: Houghton Mifflin
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: May 01, 2001
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Studio: Houghton Mifflin
Sales Rank: 1393461

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Product Description:
The American West conjures images of wide-open spaces, harsh but beautiful landscapes embroidered with winding rivers and streams, long dusty roads to nowhere, sagging barbed wire fences that separate neighbors in the loosest sense. Here the only hustle-bustle is the wind gathering strength across the plains and the rush to get a day's work done before darkness swallows the countryside whole. In this region where time and space are writ large and solitude is a fact of life, how exactly do friendships among women develop, let alone thrive? What does that human connection provide; what does it mean? And what can these friendships teach us about these women, about ourselves?
In the grassroots tradition of LEANING INTO THE WIND, WOVEN ON THE WIND collects true stories, poems, and reflections from women of the interior West--also known as sagebrush country--writing about their kinship with other women. A communion of voices, WOVEN ON THE WIND tells of the beauties, ironies, rigors, heartbreak, and humor of western life and how it is enriched by friendships past and present.
A mother makes a harrowing bus trip during a legendary storm to bring her blind daughter home for Christmas with the help of unlikely friends. A trio of women steal a motorcycle from an estranged husband for a wild ride to redemption. A newlywed finds a true sense of family in the faces of strangers, her new Black Crow kin. Handmade gifts left in a roadside mailbox help shepherd a terribly pregnant young wife through a harsh Montana winter. Through marriage, childbirth, drought, doubt, careers, catastrophes, and change, these western women stand strong or lean gratefully on their friends. The voices in this volume--unsentimental, unflinching, and utterly unforgettable--take us into the souls, kitchens, barns, and hearts of nearly 150 women and show us how, in a life stripped down to what really matters, friendship can both ground us and help us to grow.

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- Best collection of Western women
tHIS COLLECTION OF STORIES FROM AND OF wOMEN OF THE aMERICAN wEST SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING FOR ANY wOMEN'S sTUDIES COURSES AND SHOULD BE IN EVERY pUBLIC lIBRARY. tHE STORIES ARE FUNNY AND SAD AND ALL ENTERTAINING. yOU FEEL AS IF YOU HAD BEEN DOWN THAT SAME PATH OF LIFE WITH THEM. cERTAINLY A 5 PLUS RATING IS WHAT IT DESERVES.

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- Seven copies and couting
I have bought seven copies of ths book for women friends. I would give anything to buy a copy for my best friend, my 82 year old mother, but she can only read large print. This book features so many unique women of a certain age that I cannot believe it is not availble in large print or audio. If that becomes available, it will be the eighth copy I buy. The book was a gift from a friend at the time of my kidney transplant, the kidney a gift from another friend, and the book has definitely contributed to my speedy recovery and healing. Buy one for yourself and another for a friend. Every woman should read this book.

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- Captured songs
As life on the land sinks into the western sunset, these lonely songs sung by rural women may be all that's left.

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- A must have collection
Mary Clearman Blew, in her wonderful book Balsamroot, a memoir about her aunt growing up as a homesteader in Montana, speaks of an unwritten rule that Western women have followed for decades: Never speak aloud of what you feel deeply. This code of silence and historic acceptance of the traditionalo, myth inspired image of the West being a "man's" world has resulted in the indispensable role of women being ignored or, at best, relegated to a footnote in the history of the region. Not anymore. This wonderful collection by some 150 women living in sixteen Western states and two Canadian provinces is a fitting tribute to the perseverance, and exceptional talent, of Western women. The editors chose as their theme the development of relationships in an area of the country known for its seemingly ... Read More

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