Land of Flat Water: Poetry and Recollections

Life in America, #5

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  • Growing
  • up
  • in
  • Nebraska,
  • the
  • Land
  • of
  • Flat
  • Water,
  • was
  • not
  • easy
  • for
  • the
  • young
  • Laurel
  • Rockefeller.
  • Facing
  • first
  • horrific
  • domestic
  • violence
  • followed
  • by
  • a
  • crushing
  • car
  • accident
  • and
  • traumatic
  • brain
  • injury,
  • the
  • chaos
  • of
  • growing
  • up
  • in
  • Lincoln
  • was
  • ultimately
  • calmed
  • by
  • embracing
  • Evangelical
  • Christianity
  • in
  • her
  • teen
  • years.Divided
  • into
  • three
  • parts,
  • this
  • poetry
  • book
  • explores
  • Laurel's
  • relationship
  • with
  • Nebraska,
  • centering
  • on
  • her
  • writings
  • from
  • ages
  • 8
  • through
  • 28.
  • "Land
  • of
  • Flat
  • Water"
  • takes
  • you
  • through
  • Laurel's
  • triumphs
  • and
  • hardships,
  • through
  • the
  • best
  • of
  • times
  • and
  • worst,
  • to
  • tell
  • the
  • story
  • of
  • a
  • simple
  • girl
  • from
  • Nebraska
  • gifted
  • with
  • music,
  • poetry,
  • and
  • a
  • love
  • for
  • her
  • feathered
  • friends.A
  • celebration
  • of
  • Nebraska
  • and
  • its
  • enduring
  • impact
  • on
  • one life.
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