Wild Card Quilt: The Ecology of Home

Title: Wild Card Quilt: The Ecology of Home
Author: Janisse Ray
ISBN: 9781571312785
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 2004
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: First Trade Paper
Number of Pages: 328
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description:

From the author of Ecology of a Cracker Childhood comes a story of family, geography, and home.

Janisse Ray is known for her passion for the virgin longleaf pine forests that once covered the South. But she is also passionate about conserving the richness and complexity of rural communities. In these short pieces--sometimes hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking--Ray chronicles her return to a hometown in need of repair, physical and otherwise, after seventeen years away. Whether celebrating local characters and traditions, like syrup boils and alligator trapping; fighting to save the town's school; or spending time with her extended family, Ray dares to hope that such fragments--once saved--can pattern a vibrant, sustainable future for both people and the land.

Colorful and affectionate, Wild Cart Quilt crafts a compelling argument for the possibilities of rural community.