The Keepers of the House
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780380700479 (0380700476)
Publish date: October 28th 1985
Publisher: Avon Books
Pages no: 344
Edition language: English
The Keepers of the House tells the story of several generations of the Howland family and their home in Alabama. There is a wonderful affection for the land in this book. "The frost-stripped trees and the bleached grasses glisten and shine in the small light. In the winter-emptied fields granite o...
November evenings are quiet and still and dry. The frost-stripped trees and the bleached grasses glisten and shine in the small light. In the winter-emptied fields granite outcroppings gleam white and stark. The bones of the earth, old people call them. In the deepest fold of the land--to the southw...
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