FROM SARAH:

Wendell Berry’s storytelling is tender, wise, and steeped in the rhythms of rural America. He offers a meditation on the quiet heroism of an ordinary life faithfully lived. Jayber Crow invites readers to lean in and rediscover what it means to be part of a community that offers belonging and relentless love. I’d recommend it for readers 15+.

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

“This is a book about Heaven,” says Jayber Crow, “but I must say too that . . . I have wondered sometimes if it would not finally turn out to be a book about Hell.” It is 1932 and he has returned to his native Port William to become the town's barber.

Wendell Berry’s clear-sighted depiction of humanity’s gifts―love and loss, joy and despair―is seen though his intimate knowledge of the Port William Membership.

FROM SARAH:

I love visiting Port William and also really love a story that is short. This collection offers both! You can read these short stories one at a time, whenever you wish to slow down and step back into the land and heart that is Wendell Berry’s writing.

FROM THE PUBLISHER: 
Their contrasts are humorous, of course, and recall the tall tales of rural Americana. In the novella Watch with Me, we are given a story of such depth, breadth, and importance it earns being listed as one of the most important short stories written in the American language during the twentieth century.

FROM SARAH:

Before there was Hannah, there was Nathan, the gentle yet sturdy presence who served as our invitation to the “membership” in Port William. Nathan Coulter is a portrait of rural life rendered with deep affection — a story about belonging, memory, and the quiet forces that form a life. Recommended for readers 15+.

FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Welcome to Port William. In his debut novel and the first in his beloved series, Wendell Berry introduces readers to a place where community becomes "membership," bound by affection, duty, and an inseparable devotion to the land