God's Acres

In Gods Acres six-years-old Bud tells the story set in the 1950s of his familys relocation from St. Joseph Missouri to a small farm just outside of town. The twelve-acre homestead represents the idyllic life for Buds mother the storys central figure- a woman driven by unwavering religious beliefs and a rigid work ethic- but it turns out to be the source of much heartache. With an endearing earnestness and bits of laugh-out-loud humor Bud intertwines signal developments in the lives of his family members with key world events-all of which seems to be of equal importance from his perspective as a child. At the start of each chapter an adult Bud speaks from the present closing the circle on a complex tale of family relationships.