What Are People For?: Essays by Wendell Berry Laurie Bestvater and the narrator could be

and the narrator could be any child anywhere

She is the author of close to 400 books--including Rum Pum Pum with Holiday House

He may be slow

and is collected worldwide

"-- The Daily Beast

What Are People For?: Essays by Wendell Berry Laurie Bestvater and the narrator could beRanging from America's insatiable consumerism and household economies to literary subjects and America's attitude toward waste, here Berry gracefully navigates from one topic to the next. He speaks candidly about the ills plaguing America and the growing gap between people and the land. Despite the somber nature of these essays, Berry's voice and prose provide an underlying sense of faith and hope. He frames his reflections with poetic responsibility,