by Pamela Carter Joern
Bison Books
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-13 978-0-8032-1619-8
$18.95 Paperback
Fiction set in Nebraska
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THE FLOOR OF THE SKY, Pam Joern’s first novel, is also available in trade paperback from the University of Nebraska Press. Visit her website at www.pamelacarterjoern.com
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About the Book
“The clarity and honesty of Joern’s prose impart a quiet intensity to this novel about three generations of a family enduring a hardscrabble existence in western Nebraska. Shaped by place and by each other, strong, flawed characters struggle through love and pain to create rich and dignified lives well worthy of our attention.”
- Tripp Ryder, Carleton College Bookstore, Northfield, MN
In prose as clean and beautiful as the stark prairie setting, The Plain Sense of Things tells the stories of three generations of a western Nebraska family. These tales of sorrow and hope are connected by the sinews of need and flawed love that keep families together. A farm wife struggles to support her children after the death of her second husband; a young woman grapples with the shift from girlhood to motherhood; World War II wreaks havoc on those left behind; and a failing farmstead breaks a family’s heart. Amid hardship and change, these interwoven stories illuminate the resilience and dignity-and the subtle sweetness-of a life lived in clear view of the plain sense of things.
Pamela Carter Joern’s debut novel, The Floor of the Sky (available in a Bison Books edition), was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection and winner of the Alex Award and the Nebraska Book Award. Joern is a playwright, the winner of a Tamarack Award, and the recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board writing fellowship.
