Dimensions
188 x 137 x 12mm
"I believe all that is wrong with our world can be attributed to the shortage of front porches and the talks we had on them. Somewhere around 1950' builders left off the front porch to save money' and we've had nothing but problems ever since."--from the Introduction
Beloved American storyteller Philip Gulley evokes a time when life revolved around the front porch' where friends gathered' stories were told' and small moments took on large meaning. In today's hurry-up world' Gulley's observations are frank and funny' reminding us of the world we once shared' and can again.
With poignancy and humor' Gulley writes about small-town life' things he thinks about while sitting in his Quaker meeting' and why Donald Trump should pay more taxes. PORCH TALK is a tribute to common folk' including Charlie the hardware priest' the Bettys at the newspaper' and other paragons of decency not many people know' but should.
"Philip Gulley is a Quaker pastor from Indiana with a charming sense of small-town life -- and a shrewd sense of life in general . . . A self-deprecating narrator...he knows how to exaggerate in a witty way...."PORCH TALK" reminds us of ... how much is to be gained by simply sitting down to random' purposeless conversation with neighbors or' now and then' to silence." - Wall Street Journal
