The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere on Earth
Book description
Growing up, Bill Holm knew what failure was: “to die in Minneota.” But after returning to his hometown (“a very small dot on an ocean of grass”) after 20 years’ absence, he wasn’t so sure.
Finding pleasure in the customs and characters of small-town life, in The Heart Can Be…
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1 author picked The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere on Earth as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In this collection of essays, Bill Holm honors the history, the heritage, the people, and the land surrounding his hometown of Mineota, Minnesota. After extensive travels and life in other places, he ends up back in a town that he never wanted to return to; but having landed there, he finds his way to an appreciation of that place and its people.
In this book he pays tribute to the depth and richness that can be found—given the right attitude—anywhere on earth, including in a small town on the prairie.
From Janet's list on literary memoirs from the Midwest.
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