Great vox pops! I agree that a common thread amongst these folks is a desire to return to their roots. I’m about to re-read The Good Earth, which is definitely all about the land and how everything comes back to it. In the foreword to the book, I learned that Pearl Buck grew up in China as the daughter of a Presbyterian preacher man. She later returned with her husband, who was an agricultural economist studying Chinese farming practices. Her observations of the farmers heavily informed her work. The pull of the land can take you so many places, metaphorically and literally. :)
Great vox pops! I agree that a common thread amongst these folks is a desire to return to their roots. I’m about to re-read The Good Earth, which is definitely all about the land and how everything comes back to it. In the foreword to the book, I learned that Pearl Buck grew up in China as the daughter of a Presbyterian preacher man. She later returned with her husband, who was an agricultural economist studying Chinese farming practices. Her observations of the farmers heavily informed her work. The pull of the land can take you so many places, metaphorically and literally. :)