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Hannah Coulter Paperback – Illustrated, September 30, 2005

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Hannah Coulter is Wendell Berry’s seventh novel and his first to employ the voice of a woman character in its telling. Hannah, the now–elderly narrator, recounts the love she has for the land and for her community. She remembers each of her two husbands, and all places and community connections threatened by twentieth–century technologies. At risk is the whole culture of family farming, hope redeemed when her wayward and once lost grandson, Virgil, returns to his rural home place to work the farm.

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Wendell Berry is the author of fifty books of poetry, fiction, and essays. He was recently awarded the Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the Fellowship of Southern Writers and the Louis Bromfield Society Award. For over forty years he has lived and farmed with his wife, Tanya, in Kentucky.

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Publisher : Shoemaker & Hoard (September 30, 2005)
Language : English
Paperback : 190 pages
ISBN-10 : 1593760787
ISBN-13 : 978-1593760786
Item Weight : 11.3 ounces
Dimensions : 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #25,432 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #56 in Southern Fiction
- #356 in Small Town & Rural Fiction (Books)
- #2,400 in Literary Fiction (Books)

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Andrea C.

Soul steadying

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2018

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Any book I’ve ever read of Wendell Berry I have enjoyed immensely. Like an old worn house coat, or a soft well-known easy chair that one looks forward to slipping into after a hard day, are Mr. Berry’s novels about Port William. Being an old Kentucky farm girl myself, I remember a little of what it was like to feel a sense of membership in a small town, although my time was well past Hannah and Nathan Coulter’s. I will say that reading these books helps me to rethink, refocus, live day to day.

There is wisdom to be gained in reading this book, and any of the other Port William books. The characters are well defined, easy to like. I highly recommend these books to any and all.

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Summer K

To be seen and known

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2019

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It is hard for me to put into words how this book changed me, stretched me, comforted me. In stepping into Hannah’s world, you forget for a time that you are reading someone else’s memoir and not your own. Wendell Berry has the uncanny ability to express the emotions of a woman to a point that even I thought “Yes! That’s exactly how I felt and I could never put it into words!” I felt seen, known. Traveling through Hannah’s world as she grew from a child to an old woman, and steeping in every phase of her life...I felt like I knew her. Isn’t that every author’s goal? To know the character in such a way that I can picture her in my minds eye. This book has become one of my favorites of all time, a cherished book on my shelf to be read again and again.

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This has become my all time favorite book! There's a lot of life lessons in ...

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2018

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This has become my all time favorite book! There's a lot of life lessons in it. Hannah is a simple, strong, old timey lady; someone who I think we all should be more like. She values the simple things in life and values her relationship with the people in her community. I could write a book about why this book is so amazing. Its hard to believe that this was written by a man because it truly captures the way a woman thinks and feels. I will purchasing more of Mr. Berry books!

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Hannah Coulter, a fictional autobiography

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2016

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Hannah Coulter is a beautifully written novel steeped in nostalgia for small, communal, family-owned farm life. Berry's ability to portray the beauty of the land as well as the characters of the individuals who work on it and are part of it reflects his respect for both the characters and the land.
If one reads "Hannah Coulter" simply for the language, which at times, is lyrical, it would be a pleasurable endeavor, but it is his ability to portray Hannah, the eponymous woman, as a young uncertain girl, an impassioned newlywed, a middle-aged mother, and a twice widowed 80-year old grandmother looking back on her life, reflecting on the losses, while remaining grateful and caring that makes this novel both endearing and enduring. Hannah is a woman you'll not soon forget, nor will you want to. Berry's social commentary, however, is not subtle, as he bemoans the loss of family life, the destruction of the environment, and the psychological and cultural effects of war.

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Beautiful and true

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2019

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I read Jayber Crow a few years ago and while I thought the writing was lovely, I didn’t love the book. It was so long. Just so forever long, and because Berry’s novels are not plot-driven (but rather literary fiction), even a short novel in this style can feel long. Well, Hannah Coulter has long been lauded as his best novel by people in my circle of readers, so I finally gave it a shot. And guess what? I loved it. It definitely lives up to the hype. It was interesting to read Berry’s writing in a first-person female voice. I read the first 75 pages in one night. There are a few paragraphs on grief and love and marriage that I had to pause and reread several times because they were just so beautiful and so, so perfectly worded to describe what he was communicating. I kept thinking, “Well, yes, that is the perfect way to say that.” Again, this is not a plot-driven book and definitely a work of literary fiction, but it’s still worth your time. It’s a life summary, simply put. Hannah Coulter reflects on her entire life: childhood, marriage, widowhood, remarriage, parenting, farming, and widowhood again. It’s beautiful and simple and true.

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Fictional memoir

Reviewed in the United States on August 14, 2016

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I enjoyed great chunks of this book though occasionally felt it went around in circles a little. The writing is deceptively simple, and profound. The sense of people and place is strong. It's barely a novel, much more a fictional memoir. Nevertheless it moves the reader considerably, and is able to present a great breadth of time within its relatively few pages.
At times you crave a bit more dialogue (because when the dialogue does come it's superb) and sometimes a little more action of some sort (any sort) wouldn't have gone amiss. But the warmth of relationships, the detail of character and the wonderful feeling for what humanity is are all worth patiently reading through.
I could have done without the details of Nathan's probable experience of the war; it comes very late in the book (even though we've been forewarned of it from the beginning), and seems to jar against the book's poise. It doesn't contribute greatly to the story, except I suppose to show that this man had such integrity he was able to hold all this inside him and not poison others with it.

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Victoria Field

Thoughtful, considered novel

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 1, 2015

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Somehow, everything I am reading at the moment relates to our relationship to place. This novel in the voice of an elderly woman, twice married, mother of three, looking back over a long life in a small Kentucky community, has a small frame of reference yet encompasses the big questions about how to live a life - and to let go of attachments - to parents, children, lost loved-ones, hopes, dreams and especially, the past. The protagonist sometimes seems like a ventriloquist for Wendell Berry in her wise observations but stays on the right side of sentimentality. The war, although off-stage - is another theme that underlies the novel - what actually happened and how it reverberates through the lives of those at a distance.

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Mrs. P. Mcmahon

I loved it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 17, 2018

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I loved this book - it tells the life story of one woman, it is happy, sad, reflective, humourous.... While I really enjoyed Jayber Crow and Nathan Coulter, this is my favourite.

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thoughtful, gentle but realistic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 12, 2014

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I love this writer, who portrays rural America with realistic verve and a strong nod to the future, whilst recalling the past.

nicolthepickle

Wisdom over time

Reviewed in Canada on June 16, 2016

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This was a wonderful novel, probably the best book I've read in a long time.
It's a slow, sweet, sad and happy story of an old woman's life. She talks about what is important and what she learned over the years in regular family life.
I felt that even though the book is set a while ago. It's got wisdom for now. That life isn't always perfect. That sometimes it isn't perfect because of the choices we made.
It's a book full of wisdom and learning, and I want to read all of Wendell Berry's books now.

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Beverly Cameron

A nice reflection on what is important in life.

Reviewed in Canada on September 12, 2014

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This was a good read for me. There is a lot of wisdom shared as an older woman reflects on her life, love, sadness, people who meant things to her, family, belonging, and the relationships people form with the land and nature. I'd recommend Hannah Coulter as a book club read, or just a good read that causes the reader to reflect on what is important in life.

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