Description
In this intimate, prose-poem–like novel, Nellie’s voice carries us through the rhythms of family life as she prepares to leave home and say goodbye to the people who have shaped her. Set against the pressures of poverty and limited opportunity, the story follows the quiet, often overlooked labor of love and survival, where motherhood and daily endurance become both refuge and burden. Through a close, internal sociological lens, the book turns individual experience into a wider meditation on class, gender, and the social forces that determine what “home” can mean. With Erna Brodber’s distinctive blend of lyrical immediacy and social insight, the narrative invites readers to feel the weight of departure while recognizing the resilience that makes return—or readiness to move forward—possible.
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paperback
Waveland Press, Incorporated
Published Jan 1, 1980
147 pages
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First Published
1980
Language
eng
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