Offers both general information for German Americans who know very little about their own German heritage, and a vivid picture of northern Idaho farm life from the 1880s through the 1990s.
Susan Baumgartner is a German American, fifth generation Idaho farm kid who does indeed eat brains for breakfast. She has managed to carve a schizophrenic life for herself as a hermit writer in the woods of northern Idaho and a teacher in the University of Idaho's Creative Writing Program.
