Heart Land: A Place Called Ockley Green

by Caroline Miller

Overview

Heart Land is a fictional memoir of a bright and reckless boy growing up in rural Ohio in 1939, a the close of the Depression and before American’s entrance into World War II.

Ockley Green is a Sleepy farming community where a kid with an active imagination is as likely to convince his younger brother that monsters are under the bed as he is to learn from the men wo gather at the local diner to talk crops and politics.

In this safe world, Oliver Larson makes mistakes and learns about taking responsibility – important lessons in the making of a man.

Instruction begins when Bodacious Scurvy, the town’s notorious alley cat, crosses Oliver’s path and give him and idea.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780998169705
Publisher:	Rutherford Classics
Publication date:	05/15/2017
Pages:	178
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.41(d)

Editorial Reviews

“[Heart Land] combines the energy and creativity of Miller’s youth and sagacious wisdom of a woman who has seen the world and experienced first-hand progressive change.” - SE Examiner

“Ms. Miller is a powerful, eloquent writer.” – Silver Reviews

“When looking back is looking forward - Heart Land is sweet, deft and subtle... Sometimes funny, occasionally poignant, Heart Land is a first-rate, observant look at prewar life in a small Ohio town. It is a time and place that are mythic now. Honesty, courage, and caring, friends, relatives, family and community are linked in generational and geographic semi-isolation, and every one knows and (mostly) cares about everybody else. Adults try to understand, children struggle to live up to adult values, and small incidents loom large as major life lessons are drawn from them.

Integrity and compassion underlie Heart Land’s sensibility. Its people are real living, breathing human beings. Miller’s work is engaging; an often lyric expression of small-town Midwestern America left not so long behind, with solid, reliable echoes that still lead to a simple, but well justified life.”– John Legry, author of "The Copper-Handles Affair"

“... Heart Land wears the triple crown of literary genius: it is profound, beautiful and arresting from the first page...” – Writerface.com, the online social network for writers & literary agents

“... a beautifully scripted tale of two boys and their unforgettable home town.” – Leigh Goodison, author of "WildOnes"

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