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Hannah Coulter: A Novel
by Wendell Berry

Published: 2005-09-30
Paperback : 190 pages
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Hannah Coulter is Wendell Berry’s seventh novel and his first to employ the voice of a woman character in its telling. Hannah, the now-elderly narrator, recounts the love she has for the land and for her community. She remembers each of her two husbands, and all places and community ...

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Hannah Coulter is Wendell Berry’s seventh novel and his first to employ the voice of a woman character in its telling. Hannah, the now-elderly narrator, recounts the love she has for the land and for her community. She remembers each of her two husbands, and all places and community connections threatened by twentieth-century technologies. At risk is the whole culture of family farming, hope redeemed when her wayward and once lost grandson, Virgil, returns to his rural home place to work the farm.

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  "Appalachia at it's Best"by Vivian T. (see profile) 04/19/16

Mr. Berry has crafted a hauntingly beautiful and often lyrical work that views a part of Appalachia, from the 1920s to the present through the eyes of one woman, Hannah Coulter. If you ever read a book... (read more)

 
  "Beautifully written, touching"by Linda F. (see profile) 06/28/15

First time in my book group I have given a book five stars. I had no idea Wendell Berry wrote novels and was amazed at how he captured the heart of the female narrator. This moving story was beautifully... (read more)

 
  "Hannah Coulter"by Veronica P. (see profile) 06/23/15

This book is beautiful and I was able to get lost in the prose and imagery that Wendell Berry created. What I found most surprising was the author’s ability to write a female perspective so true to... (read more)

 
  "Read it!"by Donna E. (see profile) 08/20/12

A lovely book that raises up a common life to the level of enormous importance it deserves.

 
  "A simple history of Hannah, who weds just beforeo WW II and lives a good life"by Marge C. (see profile) 10/27/08

Hannah Coulter is a gem of a book. Amazingly written by a man, not one false step can be found in the sweet, beautifully written text. Hannah lives in rural Kentucky and graduates from high ... (read more)

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