The Fagans

Yoon Byun

Ohio University

Is my back comfortable?' asks Linda. 'It's like a horse's back but it's more boney,' responds daughter Martha, tired from an outing collecting Hickory nuts. At age nine, being the second youngest in the family, Martha is next in line to define her role on the farm like most of her siblings before her.

Yoon Byun, "The Fagans," in POYi Archive, Item #45798, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/45798 (accessed June 8, 2025).