内容简介：
The Town Barn Isn't There Anymore is about young Caleb Carney as he wrestles with the joys and qualms of life in a small town in New England during the 1930s and 1940s. It is a story of how a large family lived during the Depression years of that time; the joy and burdens when Caleb joined the work force at a young age; the way his confusion and fear of approaching puberty affected him more than puberty itself; how he became obsessed with the fears and shame of sexual desires and encounters; the way his writing talent was uncovered and nurtured by one of his grade school teachers; the overcoming of the uncertainties caused by World War II and the loss it gave his family; and how the melding of this life and a surprise from the past led him full circle back to where it all began.