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BROADSTONE BOOKS
PRESENTS:
Vickie Cimprich's
PRETTY MOTHER'S HOME:
A SHAKERESS DAYBOOK
Through the words of the imaginary (but very
authentic) Sister Jessie, the lives of the Shakers
of the Pleasant Hill community in 19th century
Kentucky are revealed in rich detail, humorous
and poignant, spiritual and oh so human. Based
on extensive historical research and chronicling
the real people and events that shaped this
community, this book is especially noteworthy
for its focus on the largely undocumented lives of
black Shakers. But most of all, it is great
narrative poetry, the perfect medium for these
voices to speak across the years to modern
listeners.
Praise for Vickie Cimprich and Pretty
Mother's Home
“With Pretty Mother’s Home: A Shakeress
Daybook, Cimprich contributes to the poetry of
Kentucky places…. Much imaginative writing
about Shakers tells us more about its writers
than about Shakers; Cimprich in her use of
historical resources at Pleasant Hill has amplified
voices of the Believers themselves. I am long
familiar with the names and events in her poems.
For me now they have life.”
- Larrie Curry, Vice President and Curator,
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
“Vickie Cimprich’s poems about the Shakers of
Kentucky speak in the voices of this unique
community with wit, concision, and a thrilling
attentiveness to the details that bring them to life.
This is the way, with ease and grace, history
becomes contemporary. Pretty Mother’s
Home is irresistible.”
- Rosellen Brown, author of Cora Fry
PRESENTS:
Vickie Cimprich's
PRETTY MOTHER'S HOME:
A SHAKERESS DAYBOOK
Through the words of the imaginary (but very
authentic) Sister Jessie, the lives of the Shakers
of the Pleasant Hill community in 19th century
Kentucky are revealed in rich detail, humorous
and poignant, spiritual and oh so human. Based
on extensive historical research and chronicling
the real people and events that shaped this
community, this book is especially noteworthy
for its focus on the largely undocumented lives of
black Shakers. But most of all, it is great
narrative poetry, the perfect medium for these
voices to speak across the years to modern
listeners.
Praise for Vickie Cimprich and Pretty
Mother's Home
“With Pretty Mother’s Home: A Shakeress
Daybook, Cimprich contributes to the poetry of
Kentucky places…. Much imaginative writing
about Shakers tells us more about its writers
than about Shakers; Cimprich in her use of
historical resources at Pleasant Hill has amplified
voices of the Believers themselves. I am long
familiar with the names and events in her poems.
For me now they have life.”
- Larrie Curry, Vice President and Curator,
Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
“Vickie Cimprich’s poems about the Shakers of
Kentucky speak in the voices of this unique
community with wit, concision, and a thrilling
attentiveness to the details that bring them to life.
This is the way, with ease and grace, history
becomes contemporary. Pretty Mother’s
Home is irresistible.”
- Rosellen Brown, author of Cora Fry
Vickie Cimprich lives in
Northern Kentucky with her
husband John, a college
professor and author. Her
poetry has appeared in Poetry
as Prayer - Appalachian
Women Speak (Wind
Publications, 2004), The
Journal of Kentucky Studies,
and Cincinnati Poetry Review.
She performs with the Western
Shaker Singers.
Northern Kentucky with her
husband John, a college
professor and author. Her
poetry has appeared in Poetry
as Prayer - Appalachian
Women Speak (Wind
Publications, 2004), The
Journal of Kentucky Studies,
and Cincinnati Poetry Review.
She performs with the Western
Shaker Singers.
Published September, 2007, 79 pages
Paperback, $16.50
ISBN: 978-0972114486
Paperback, $16.50
ISBN: 978-0972114486