A Treasury of Farm Women's Humor

Of all the varied lives of American women, the life of the farm woman is the least known. Yet it is a fulfilling, fascinating life they live, surrounded NOT by neighbors, cops, urban noise and stress,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0942936256
• ISBN13: 9780942936254
• Release Date: June 1995
• Publisher: Lincoln Herndon Pr
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

A VERY FUNNY BOOK WRITTEN BY 120 FARM WOMEN!

Eileen Mears has edited a great "tell it like it is" book about farm life as described by farm ladies all across America. Her book, titled A TREASURY OF FARM WOMEN'S HUMOR (1994) packs about 120 essays and short stories into 283 pages.Living on a farm (I have lived on a 50 acre farm in Maryland for the past seven years) has its delightful side, but it is not easy for anyone. The life of farm ladies has gone largely unsung or adequately described, and has seldom been a source of humor, with the possible exception of mercifully departed "farmer's daughter" traveling salesmen's jokes, now justifably out of fashion.This good spirited book is a breath of fresh air, and should be considered a "must read" for anyone who ever ruminated about "getting away from it all." The essays the 120 ladies who contributed to A TREASURY OF FARM WOMEN'S HUMOR have given us provides wothwhile insight into what REALLY awaits people who give up city and suburban life for life in the sticks. It's not only funny, it's informative in important ways.The frustrations of farm life are many, and the essays in this book describe ways farm people deal which such frustrations, using imagination, invention, and on occasion, eccentricity. It's hard for farm ladies to stay ladylike when they are called upon to feed hogs and chickens, and they say so, somehow without really complaining, God bless them.Dealing with farm husbands (farmers) is a frequent topic of discussion and observation in this book. Farmers are self-employed people who work out of their homes, and co-habiting with anyone in such a situation is not easy. Beyond the humor of the essays provided, the particulars and dilemmas of such co-habitation are pointed up. Farm life has a lot of freedom, but it also has a lot of solitude and headaches. The neighbors might be available and willing to give you the shirt off their backs, but the neighbors also have their own problems, and live a good distance away in addition, even close neighbors.This is a terrific little book. It tells it like it is about farm living, and keeps its chin up while accomplishing its purpose of imparting truth and wisdom. It offers valuable information about farm life non-farm people can never know about without a book like this to lay things bare for them.Get it and read it. You'll be doing yourself a favor.