Plainsong
Plainsong tells of a small town through the eyes of a half-dozen residents, interweaving their viewpoints and lives together. One of the viewpoints are the Mcpheron brothers, Harold and Raymond, who eventually emerge as the heart of this novel and a literary gem. They are two shy elderly bachelor farmers who perceive the raising of cattle as an analogy for human existence. Their parents died at a young age and ever since they have spent their lives on a farm isolated from others. However, this changes as Victoria Roubideaux is introduced into their lives by Maggie Jones. Amazingly, they agree to take under their roof, a young pregnant girl who has neither resources nor options to solve the problem of where to stay during her pregnancy. The two did not know anything about women, babies, or kids for that matter. As the shrewd right-handed urging of Maggie Jones goads them out of their work-bound isolation to step beyond their set ways. The elderly bachelor farmers who show a......
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