Gleanings by the Way

Beneath the scorching harvest sun, a young widow gathers the barley left behind by the reapers. “Whose damsel is this?” asks the wealthy landowner who has noticed her.

John A. Clark begins Gleanings by the Way in an ancient Bethlehem field, with Ruth and Naomi arriving destitute among strangers. Ruth’s loyalty has brought her far from home; now she must find a way to provide for the mother of her dead husband. Clark sees her gleaning as more than a means of survival: nature, Providence and the shifting faces of human life all have lessons for an attentive observer. In this early-nineteenth-century collection, he carries that searching spirit into journeys through the United States, including Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Ruth is the first of three gleaners—but what will the others gather?

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