Sarah's seasons : an Amish diary & conversation / by Martha Moore Davis.

By:

Davis, Martha Moore, 1951-

Contributor(s):

Fisher, Sarah

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Bur oak originalPublication details: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, �1997.Description: 1 online resource (179, [2] pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1587290448
9781587290442

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sarah's seasons.DDC classification:

977.7/923 21

LOC classification:

F629.K25 D39 1997eb

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Contents:

Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Coming to Know Sarah; January and February; 2. Sarah the Teacher: Mother and Guide; March and April; 3. Sarah the Quilter: The Season of Quilting; May, June, July, and August; 4. Sarah the Gardener: The Season of Growing; September and October; 5. Sarah the Entrepreneur: The Fisher Kitchens; November and December; 6. Sarah the Writer: Circle Letters and Poetry; Afterword; Works Cited

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Summary: Sarah Fisher's brief daily notations, recorded on a calendar throughout 1976 and 1977, reveal an ongoing account of her seasonal routine. In many ways the straightforward simplicity of her writing is a reflection of her life near rural Kalona, Iowa, a life filled with what Martha Davis calls look-easy tasks undertaken without the conveniences of electricity, phones, or automobiles. For Sarah, diaries are a record. "A diary can settle a question, a disagreement," she tells Martha. "You look back and see what took place. That's history." Through their conversations, Martha soon discovered she had more in common with Sarah than diary writing. Though Davis lived in mainstream culture, an "English" person as the Amish say, like Sarah she grew up on a farm in rural Iowa during the 1950s and 1960s. Like Martha, Sarah had spent several years as a teacher. In Sarah's Seasons Martha Davis shares their common experiences and common interests - gardening, quilting, and cooking. Alongside Sarah's diary, Martha presents their shared recipes and conversations as well as reflections on her own more modern existence. Because of her friendship with Sarah, the author found a new sense of belonging to and purpose in the mainstream world. In the end, Sarah's diary becomes for Martha a meditation on time and community.

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Sarah Fisher's brief daily notations, recorded on a calendar throughout 1976 and 1977, reveal an ongoing account of her seasonal routine. In many ways the straightforward simplicity of her writing is a reflection of her life near rural Kalona, Iowa, a life filled with what Martha Davis calls look-easy tasks undertaken without the conveniences of electricity, phones, or automobiles. For Sarah, diaries are a record. "A diary can settle a question, a disagreement," she tells Martha. "You look back and see what took place. That's history." Through their conversations, Martha soon discovered she had more in common with Sarah than diary writing. Though Davis lived in mainstream culture, an "English" person as the Amish say, like Sarah she grew up on a farm in rural Iowa during the 1950s and 1960s. Like Martha, Sarah had spent several years as a teacher. In Sarah's Seasons Martha Davis shares their common experiences and common interests - gardening, quilting, and cooking. Alongside Sarah's diary, Martha presents their shared recipes and conversations as well as reflections on her own more modern existence. Because of her friendship with Sarah, the author found a new sense of belonging to and purpose in the mainstream world. In the end, Sarah's diary becomes for Martha a meditation on time and community.

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