Growing Up Bird: Of Roots and Wings

In this memoir collection of vignettes, author Kathryne Bird Belby chronicles life on an Iowa farm in the 1960s. From the vantage point of the eldest child, Belby takes the reader on a journey to the memory points of her childhood from hunting gophers on Easter to "walking beans" with her nuclear family of ten. The complex personalities of her parents come alive as she records their struggles to raise a large family on a tenant farmer's income as well as provide a view to the outer world through travel and books. Readers will not want to miss this poignant snapshot of a way of life on a midwestern farm that no longer exists.

• • Author: Kathryne Belby
• • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: May 28, 2018
• • Number of Pages: 134 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1719328323
• • ISBN-13: 9781719328326