Charms for the Easy Life William Blake Butcher's photographs epitomize the sod-house

Butcher's photographs epitomize the sod-house frontier

Considers why gender variations developed in different cultures and in diverse social

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Metaxas' s welcoming tone and his skillful use of humor lower readers' defenses

Charms for the Easy Life William Blake Butcher's photographs epitomize the sod-houseA family without men, the Birches live gloriously offbeat lives in the lush, green backwoods of North Carolina. Radiant, headstrong Sophia and her shy, brilliant daughter, Margaret, possess powerful charms to ward off loneliness, despair, and the human misery that often beats a path to their door. And they are protected by the eccentric wisdom and muscular love of the remarkable matriarch Charlie Kate, a solid, uncompromising, self taught healer who