In Good Hands

by Charles Fish

In 1836, Henry Lester moved his family from the Vermont hills to better land on the valley floor north of Rutland, beginning a saga six generations on a farm, which this book portrays and explores with an affectionate but critical eye. What gives the book its distinctive charm is its vivid evocation of a way of life: the beloved grandmother keeping house both as a shelter and as a temple of the spirit; the uncles sowing and harvesting, raising and slaughtering; the author, as a small boy, working with the men, fishing and hunting, and later, reflecting on the issues of pleasure and work, freedom and community.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374529825
• ISBN13: 9780374529826
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"