

The Farmers Daughter
Author: Jim Harrison
Narrator: Kirsten Potter, Ray Porter, and Lloyd James
Unabridged: 8 hr 54 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 01/20/2010
Categories: Fiction
Author: Jim Harrison
Narrator: Kirsten Potter, Ray Porter, and Lloyd James
Unabridged: 8 hr 54 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 01/20/2010
Categories: Fiction
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.
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
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
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
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