Hannah Coulter

Written by Wendell Berry

Part of the Port William series

An elderly woman reflects on love, loss, and the fight to save her family's farm from modern threats.

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190 pages

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Elderly Hannah Coulter reflects on her life, cherishing the land and community she loves. As twentieth-century technologies threaten her family's farming legacy, hope emerges when her estranged grandson, Virgil, returns to revive the farm. Can the bonds of family and tradition withstand the pressures of modernity? Discover a poignant tale of resilience and redemption in a changing world.

From the publisher

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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