June
by Mary Sanders Smith
Paperback
ISBN 0-93164229-9 $16.00
Hardcover
ISBN 0-93164230-2 $26.95
Set in 1940, JUNE is a nostalgic portrait of a Midwestern farm wife who struggles in a hostile environment -- to achieve two goals: to produce an heir and build her dream house. Meanwhile, Roosevelt's New Deal policies, revolutionizing farming and threatening to end the old conservative ways, complicate matters further. Titillated by an itinerant hired hand and inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright, June Ventler breaks with tradition and finds a new identity in a changing world.
" Not since John Steinbeck has the modern novel been able to present a rural voice as rich as that of Mary Sanders Smith. To discover her is to begin a life-long love affair with the literature of our time."
Loren D. Estleman, author of The Hours of the Virgin
" This is a story of the "small" things that comprise a much greater portrait, painted with so many of the lessons and hungers of life. How could I forget June? Her story is so well told, her life so full of inspiration for the rest of us."
David Lawrence, former publisher, Detroit Free Press and The Miami Herald
"Offering a solace of simple pleasures long forgotten, in this companionable and gently affecting novel, Mary Sanders Smith opens a gateway to the soul."
Forrest Church, author of Life Lines: Holding On, Letting Go, and Lifecraft: The Art of Meaning; Senior Minister, Unitarian Church of All Souls, New York City
was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, and now divides her time between Grosse Pointe, Michigan; New York City; and northern Wisconsin. She was graduated from Marquette University and while married and raising a family, studied at the University of Wisconsin, Wayne State, and Northwestern. Coming to writing in her fifties, Smith has published short fiction, won a PEN Syndicated Fiction Award, written nature documentaries for public television and a feature movie. JUNE is her first novel.
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