Listen to the Summary of in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. The Hazle farm in Alabama was not the idyllic image that most have of rural life. There was more mud than grass, and more cursing than praying. James Hazle had inherited it from his parents far younger than he might have expected, and after paying off the loans that they had taken out against future crops that had never even been planted, his inheritance amounted to a few acres of dirt and a few buildings in desperate need of some maintenance...