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Mother-daughter tensions, age-old prejudices, and generational divides challenge the members of this disparate community in the Nebraska Sandhills as they bump up against each other seeking identity, acceptance, and healing.

When Lila, her sixteen year old pregnant granddaughter, shows up on Toby Bolden's doorstep, she uncovers family secrets and acts as a catalyst to renew Toby's strained relationship with her sister and daughter.

Pamela Carter Joern is the author of¿The Floor of the Sky, ¿a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection and winner of the Alex Award and the Nebraska Book Award, and The Plain Sense of Things.¿Visit her website¿pamelacarterjoern.com.

Pamela Carter Joern is a widely published author whose work has appeared in South Dakota Review, Red Rock Review, Feminist Studies, and Minnesota Monthly. She is also the author of five professionally produced plays, the winner of a Tamarack Award in 2001, and the recipient of a Minnesota State Arts Board writing fellowship.

In prose as clean and beautiful as the stark prairie setting, "The Plain Sense of Things" tells the stories of three generations of a western Nebraska family. These tales of sorrow and hope are connected by the sinews of need and flawed love that keep families together. A farm wife struggles to support her children after the death of her second husband, a young woman grapples with the shift from girlhood to motherhood, World War II wreaks havo...