$27.95
Paperback, 6″ x 9″
199 pages
ISBN 978-1-63381-515-5
by Martha Moore Davis
Vanishing stories about a vanishing way of life. Martha Moore Davis chronicles events on an Iowa farm in the 1950s and 1960s that become her “true north, a compass in times of doubt, crisis, or crossroads.” She invites the reader to experience the seasons of Rose Hill Farm and asks, “What is your true north?”
A family photo album and Davis’s love of her Brownie Hawkeye camera inspired her to tell stories that would otherwise be lost. Through a selection of prose and photographs, she shares the stories. Martha Davis encourages readers to make sense of their own experiences and to find themselves on familiar ground.
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Charming and evocative.
—Monica Wood, author of When We Were the Kennedys,
How to Read a Book, and Ernie’s Ark
Davis’s memoir explores a universal mystery: the omnipresence of the past in our lives, despite its constant disappearance.
—Mary Trachsel, PhD, Professor of Rhetoric Emerita, University of Iowa, coauthor of Cohabiting the Wild with Erin McKenna and Tess Varner
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Martha Moore Davis is the author of Sarah’s Seasons: An Amish Diary and Conversation, named an Upper Midwest Booksellers’ Favorite. Her essays have appeared in various newspapers and literary journals. She received her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Iowa and her doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University. She served as a VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) volunteer, a college professor, and an advanced placement English teacher. She lives in Des Moines, Iowa, and enjoys hiking and train travel with her husband, Steve.