Willow Grove: A Boy, A Family, A Farm

In Willow Grove: A Boy, A Family, A Farm, first-time author Larry Suek takes us on a journey to a not-so-distant past, when family farms dotted the American landscape, populated by sturdy, independent farmers whose lives were forever influenced by the Great Depression and World War II. Nestled on the banks of the mighty Ohio, the Suek farm was on property once owned by a young George Washington, part of a 20,000-acre parcel granted to him by the British crown. The Willow Grove of Larry's time was a place where indoor plumbing was slow to arrive, electricity was still appreciated as a novelty, and machine power had supplanted horse power in just the previous generation. Larry's home was a place where life's daily theme was "make do, or do without," yet hobos riding the B&O were treated with kindness, a place where high-stakes marble games were played in the schoolyard dirt and slaughtering hogs was an eagerly anticipated, all-hands-on-deck annual event. For Larry and his two younger brothers, carefree days spent surrounded by ponies and playing with cousins and constructing forts made of hay bales will gradually give way to the rhythm of farm chores of increasing complexity and challenge. Larry's grandfather and father are dairy farmers. His uncles are dairy farmers. Will Larry follow his father and grandfather and uncles, or will his life take its own path?Insightful, funny, and honest, Willow Grove: A Boy, A Family, A Farm is a charming, well-told story of an American family farm.

• | Author: Lawrence Suek
• | Publisher: Orange Blossom Publishing
• | Publication Date: Jul 03, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 432 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1951158083
• | ISBN-13: 9781951158088