
Prairie Silence
A Memoir
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Abby Craden
A rural expatriate’s struggle to reconcile family, home, love, and faith with the silence of the prairie land and its people.
Melanie Hoffert longs for her rural North Dakota home with its grain trucks and empty main streets. But like many, she followed the out-migration pattern to a more urban life. When she returns home during harvest to confront the silences that have kept her at arm’s length from her childhood community, she finds it’s not easy. When asked if she's found a “fella,” rather than explain that she dates women, she stops breathing and changes the subject.
In this evocative memoir, Hoffert offers a deeply personal and poignant meditation on land and community, taking listeners on a journey of self-acceptance and reconciliation.
©2013 Melanie M. Hoffert (P)2012 Audible, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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it is an OK book
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Breaking the silence…
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What did you love best about Prairie Silence?
I loved the connection to the Midwest rural lifestyle. Many of our families are separated when rural America doesn't accept our kids.Who was your favorite character and why?
Melanie, of course, was my favorite. Her journey through adolescence and young adulthood was so familiar to all of us.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I didn't have any extreme reactions. I have a child who is gay, who has fewer complications in city living than with us in the Midwest. We love him like we love our own lives, and can't imagine treating him any differently than any other members of our family.Any additional comments?
I would suggest this book to others who want to learn to love.Great story!
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could not finish it... yawn!,,
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A gay woman, who was never seen by anyone in her small North Dakota town as anything but a cipher, finally leaves her claustrophobic but compelling rural life behind for downtown Minneapolis.
Now, years later, she wants to go back home to visit. Everyone from her childhood asks her if she’s found a “fella” yet. Cue the sweaty palms and abrupt subject changes.
Magnificent writing. You’ll understand the true meaning of “prairie silence” in the first chapter.
An Expatriate from the Rural American Prairie
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Is there anything you would change about this book?
I think I would add more action. It is a narration. A drawing of words. A still piece, but pretty. Personally though, I would have like to see more Vincent Van Gogh in this bit of writing.What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
I really didn't like this book. It moved too slow. Too much narrationWhat do you think the narrator could have done better?
I am not sure if there was a lot you could do with this book, but the narrator put me to sleep. I got through 3/4 of the book and then laid it to rest.If this book were a movie would you go see it?
If I need a sleeping pill, go see the movie.It would be healthier than the sleeping pill.Any additional comments?
I like narrations that paint pictures of small towns, small settings, but as much as I tried to see the beautiful scenery, it just was too boring for me. I couldn't finish it as a result.Nice Scenery
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Why isn’t “religious” listed?
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What would have made Prairie Silence better?
Felt like we spent hours talking about the land... and religion. Not quite what I was looking for. Seemed to carry on and on... Didn't end up finishing it but listened to 3/4 before I stopped, waiting for it to get good...What aspect of Abby Craden’s performance would you have changed?
Abby Craden is wonderful to listen to.Great performance, but terrible story.
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