Stand By Me

'A woven time-travelling book, about love, land, life ... Short stories that link together like trees in a forest' Jackie Morris

Ona clear Kentucky night in 1888, a young woman risks her life to save astranger from a drunken mob. Almost a hundred years later, hergreat-grandson Andy climbs a hill at the edge of town, and is floodedwith memories of all he has lived, seen and heard of the past century -of farmers wooing schoolteachers and soldiers trudging home from war; ofthe first motor car, the Great Depression and Vietnam; of neighbourlyfeuds and family secrets; of grief and betrayal - and ofgreatfriendship that endures for a lifetime.

These are Wendell Berry'stales of Port William, a little farming community nestled deep in theKentucky River valley. They unravel the story of a town over the courseof four generations, lovingly chronicling the intertwined lives of thefamilies who call it home.

Affectionate, elegiac and wry, theseuplifting rural fables invite us to witness the beauty and quiet heroismat the heart of each ordinary, interconnected life.

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Berry is a thought-provoking writer who uses humour and sorrow to evoke memorable characters, atmosphere and setting