Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-307) and index.
Contents:
Weaving women's lives -- The main stalk : placing the mountain recess people on the landscape -- "I used to herd sheep all around here" : Eva's childhood, sheep herding, and the trauma of stock reduction -- "This is your land" : Eva's father, his teachings, and coming of age -- After the war : things fall apart -- Eva's conversion : regaining a place of blessing -- Carole's adolescence and motherhood -- "It was really my grandmother who raised me" : Valerie's childhood -- Valerie's high school -- Valerie's college years -- 2006.
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