Robert
Hartman returns for his senior year of college with the sole purpose of
avoiding the draft and service in Vietnam. Among the excitement and
turmoil of 1968 different "voices" give him answers to the inevitable
draft notice that will arrive in June. As he waits for that draft
notice, love arrives from an unexpected source.
"Maggie's Farm is a thought-provoking, entertaining tale of life on and off campus at Michigan State University in the late 1960s."
~ Ray Walsh (Lansing State Journal) ~ more
Within a world bounded by four rough-hewn walls, Larry Neitzert explores the universal themes of family, friendship, love, and death. Populated by bumbling racists who like talking rubbish, a father who is unable to use words to express his grief, farm boys who try growing up by reading dirty magazines, and another boy who thinks growing up is going to war, this world, which seems so far away in time and place, is as close as the humanity we all share. With his collection of entertaining and insightful short stories, Neitzert indeed can hit the broadside of a barn - and what a hit!
~ Ronald Levitsky, author of The Love that Kills
Barn Stories
$14.95
(Orders of 3 or more books only $12.00)
Maggie's Farm
$14.95
(Orders of 3 or more books only $12.00)
Larry Neitzert
Box 251
Morriece, MI 48857
Larry is available to meet with book clubs or speaking engagements. Click here for contact information.
Coming 2010 "Painted Barn," the short story, will be published in the Fall issue of The Storyteller. Read "Painted Barn" and other short stories in Larry's upcoming book, Barn Stories.