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    Millie Kalish - Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression

    Presented by Kepler's Bookstore at San Carlos Library

    February 14, 2009

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    Millie Kalish - Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
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    This unpretentious yet deeply intelligent memoir of growing up on a central Iowa farm in the throes of the Great Depression radiates the joy of a vanished way of life as Kalish recounts what appear to contemporary eyes as unendurable deprivations. Those who share Kalish's midwestern farm background will immediately identify with her recollections of winter nights spent under layers of quilts in unheated bedrooms. Others for whom agrarian life...

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    This unpretentious yet deeply intelligent memoir of growing up on a central Iowa farm in the throes of the Great Depression radiates the joy of a vanished way of life as Kalish recounts what appear to contemporary eyes as unendurable deprivations. Those who share Kalish's midwestern farm background will immediately identify with her recollections of winter nights spent under layers of quilts in unheated bedrooms. Others for whom agrarian life is uncharted territory will learn both the harsh rigors of days governed by unforgiving work cycles and the irreproducible sensual pleasure of savoring a just-picked, sun-drenched, ripe strawberry or tomato. In prose that never yields to mawkish sentimentality, Kalish details the roles of family, religion, thrift, and education in her upbringing.


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    San Carlos Library

    610 Elm Street
    San Carlos, CA 94070

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    Times:
    10:30am

    Phone: 650-592-5822

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    Above ground parking is available on Elm Street in front of the library. Underground parking allows access to the library from either Cherry or Chestnut Streets.


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