Harvest
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: September 9, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780312287238
Subjects: Sagas; Fiction - General; Fiction; Literary; Fiction / Literary; Family farms; Farm life; Knoxville Region (Tenn.); Rural families; Tennessee, East
First sentence: The story of the farm on Bearpen Lane, how it was won then lost, begins not there, but twenty-seven miles away on another farm in the community of New Hope, where Arliss was born.
Description: "With a history of childhood loss and tragedy, Arliss Greene grows up to love his cattle more than his family. The memory of his family's displacement, due to TVA's construction of Norris Dam, stays with him as he struggles to make a living farming. His son Daniel tries to distance himself, but an inexplicable attachment to East Tennessee brings Daniel back to the hilltop where he grew up. He is shocked and disappointed when his wife, Leda, a city girl, ends up working with Arliss, farming the family land. Decisions are made, with repercussions that reverberate throughout their lives, the lives of their children, and the life of the farm as it evolves from the 1930's to the beginning of a new century."--BOOK JACKET.