Under glass
By: Jen Hirt.
Publisher: University of Akron Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Akron, OH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9781931968737
Subjects: Hirt, Jen, -- 1975-; Hirt, Jen, -- 1975- -- Childhood and youth; Hirt, Jen, -- 1975- -- Family; Greenhouses -- Ohio -- Strongsville -- History; Nurseries (Horticulture) -- Ohio -- Strongsville -- History; Family-owned business enterprises -- Ohio -- Strongsville -- History; Social change -- Ohio -- Strongsville; Strongsville (Ohio) -- Biography; Strongsville (Ohio) -- Social life and customs; Strongsville (Ohio) -- Economic conditions
Genres: Biography
Description: According to Christie Hynde of the Pretenders, when she went back to Ohio, her city was gone. For Jen Hirt, her Strongsville, Ohio greenhouses were gone. Her ancestry, bloodlines, memories, and her complete identity were replaced by a large-chain pharmacy store. Four generations taken away by the wrecking ball; fourteen greenhouses dismantled and shattered. Under Glass traces the rise and fall of the family business and the family itself. Hirt is the girl with a thousand Christmas trees, growing up surrounded by life and vitality. She is the greenhouse filled with hope and growth. Then the rubble sets in - financial pressures, a brutal divorce, and the literal demolition of the past.--COVER.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Glass always breaks; title: The girl with a thousand Christmas trees; title: Under glass; title: Controlling the light; title: When the disease process cannot be compared to volcanic island chains; title: Into the teeth of it; title: Cut; title: The Grotto of the Redemption; title: Best offer; title: Ricinus communis; title: Stronghold; title: Laying dynamite with the 9th Duke of Devonshire; title: Near a fine woods : finishing my grandmother's journal.