Gravedigger’s Daughter: Vignettes from a Small Kansas Town
by Cheryl Unruh
Book Review
Gravedigger’s Daughter: Vignettes from a Small Kansas Town is Cheryl Unruh’s latest masterpiece, a memoir written in prose poetry that transported me to my childhood. I can smell the Folger’s coffee that gave Mom an extra spark. I too, grew up with bottle caps, firecrackers, collecting stamps, and reading wanted posters at the P. O.
This memoir, dedicated to Cheryl’s father, Elgie Unruh of Pawnee Rock, is perfect. That means every word is precise.
The walls at Great Bend hospital aren’t white; they’re “vanilla hallways.” Family members at the hospital aren’t nervous. Instead, “a hospital waiting room ages you overnight,” and cooking over a campfire wasn’t just fun for Cheryl; “we tasted adventure in every bite.”
If you want adventure and delight without ever leaving your home tonight, read Gravedigger’s Daughter. It will improve your life.
Jim Potter—author of Taking Back the Bullet: Trajectories of Self-Discovery
Until next time, happy writing and reading.
You’ve sold me, Jim! Does our local bookstore have it?
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Marilyn,
I know that Crow & Co. carries some of the books published by Meadowlark Press (Emporia), including the print journal 105 Meadowlark Reader. Crow & Co. advertises in the the Reader. Have you heard of it? It’s an anthology printed twice a year. I had an essay in the current issue, #2, titled, “My Dad was Born in Morton County.” Fortunately, I’ll also have an essay in Issue #3 which is expected out in May. That title is “I Didn’t Have a Bicycle, but I Had a Paper Route: Serving Civil Papers.”
Poet Cheryl Unruh, author of Gravedigger’s Daughter, is the editor of 105 Meadowlark Press.
If Crow & Co. doesn’t have her latest poetry book, you can always order from Crow & Co. or from Meadowlark Press. If you have Crow & Co. order it then you don’t pay S/H. I regularly support small Kansas presses (although Meadowlark keeps growing).
If you order Cheryl’s book from Meadowlark Press, be sure and request a signed copy.
Ordering at meadowlark-books.com is easy-peasy.
Thanks for writing,
Jim
Marilyn, Thank you for your interest! Any bookstore should be able to order the book through their distribution service, so ask them if they’ll order it for you!
❤️Cheryl Unruh