The Farmers Daughter, Jim Harrison
The Farmers Daughter, Jim Harrison
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The Farmers Daughter

Author: Jim Harrison

Narrator: Kirsten Potter, Ray Porter, and Lloyd James

Unabridged: 8 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/20/2010

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

The collections title novella, The Farmers Daughter, opens in the unforgettable voice of a fifteenyearold girl living a life of solitude in rural Montana, where she has recently moved. Homeschooled by parents who dont fully understand her, she finds escape in the rapture of playing piano and exploring the gorgeous countryside on her horse. Several important mentors teach her that theres more to life than her fundamentalist mother wants her to knowand then her mother runs off with another man, leaving the girl to deal mostly alone with an unexpected assault that tests her mettle just as she was supposed to begin a normal teenage life. In the next novella, Harrison picks up the thread of beloved recurring character Brown Dog, who when we last saw him was in Toronto to save his developmentally disabled adopted daughter, Berry, from being locked in an institution. But Toronto has run out of welcome, and Brown Dog and an unexpected benefactor hatch a crazy plan to sneak Berry back into the States on the tour bus of an Indian rock band called Thunderskins. Harrisons final tale, "Games of Night," is the memoir of a retired lycanthrope in contemporary times. Misdiagnosed with a rare blood disorder brought on by the bite of a Mexican hummingbird, the protagonist attempts to lead a normal life, one that is nevertheless punctuated by hazy, feverish episodes of epic lust, physical appetite, athletic exertions, and outbursts of violence under the full moon.

About Jim Harrison

Jim Harrison (1937–2016) was the author of over thirty-five books of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, including Legends of the Fall, The Road Home, The English Major, and The Farmer’s Daughter. His writing appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Sports Illustrated, Playboy, and the New York Times. He earned a National Endowment for the Arts grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Spirit of the West Award from the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association. His work has been recognized worldwide and published in twenty-two languages.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonfaith on April 14, 2022

When you lifted the lid a bit the natural world, including ourselves, offered as much darkness in human terms as light. The Farmer's Daughter is comprised of three novellas, all treading towards the slightly creepy (I should qualify that term: quasi-sexual relations between an elderly man and a teen,......more

Goodreads review by Stephen on October 03, 2010

I would give this 3.5 stars if a half star were available. I have always liked Jim Harrison. And I've always felt slightly guilty about that. Let's face it, he's a muscular writer whose male characters are always filled with lots and lots of whiskey and ready for lots and lots of sex, while his best......more

Goodreads review by Isabelle on January 07, 2011

It was so nice to read some of the reviews of this book prior to writing my own; nice and also quite reassuring inasmuch as I am not the only one who has become a slavish fan of Jim Harrison's since the first book of his I read: "Legends of the Fall" (before the movie was made, rest assured!). Here h......more

Goodreads review by Bruce on January 06, 2013

I haven't read anything by Jim Harrison that I didn't like; so before I continue, it is only fair for me to say that I might not be the most objective critic of his writing. This particular collection includes yet another tale of Brown Dog who has returned from Harrison's earlier body of work. Desp......more