{"product_id":"9781682262665-straw-in-the-sun","title":"Straw in the Sun","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Memoir\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Last spring I went to Rocky Crossing again. New green grass was sprouting on the high ridge of the road that led there, and now and then there grew a persimmon shoot, or a small hickory, where a nut had fallen and opened deep in the untrampled earth. But the ruts made long ago by passing wagons were still there, guiding the wheels of our car through the dense forest, around the boulders and between the tall trees. I was like a ghost returning to a place once loved.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e These opening lines of Charlie May Simon’s \u003ci\u003eStraw in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e invite readers on a personal journey of remembrance as Simon recounts her homesteading experiment in Depression-era Arkansas. Years before she established herself as a regional author of national renown, she chose a spot near Cove Creek, now part of Ouachita National Forest, to forge a home from rugged land, meeting both a backbreaking series of challenges and a vivid cast of characters in the process.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Nationally popular upon its release in 1945, Simon’s lyrical memoir was praised from the outset for its warmth and charm. At once an ethnographic narrative of a hill community and an accessible portrait of Ozarks memories at their most idyllic, \u003ci\u003eStraw in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, offered here with a robust introduction from Simon scholar Aleshia O’Neal, is a classic ready for rediscovery by a new generation of readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56500061536630,"sku":"9781682262665","price":19.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38147579_d78507bf-6236-4a3c-9211-0e8e923e1d09.jpg?v=1763753363","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781682262665-straw-in-the-sun","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}