5 Quotes About Author Sandra Neil Wallace

Sandra Neil Wallace is a writer, producer, and film director whose credits include the films “Children of the Corn” (1984), “The Howling” (1981), and “Trick or Treat” (1986). She has also written for television on shows such as “Fantasy Island,” “Knight Rider,” and “MacGyver.” Neil Wallace is known for her work with Marlon Brando on the films “Last Tango in Paris” (1972) and “A Countess from Hong Kong” (1977). She was also co-writer of the screenplay for the film, "The Big Chill."

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Pa never told stories like Grandpa. Or treated the barn like family. Eli knew how Grandpa’s own pa had built the barn by hand, hauling bluestone for the foundation behind a stubborn ox with horns as wide as a tractor. How the smell of the plank walls was like family and how you never washed your chore coat so the animals would smell that you were family, too. Sandra Neil Wallace
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They got a manure machine in there, ” Keller said. He went up to the barn and peeked through a hole between tow boards. “On wheels. It’s fun to ride sometimes, when you don’t care how you smell. Sandra Neil Wallace
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Little Joe was still behind him. Eli could feel it. He wanted to look back, but he couldn’t. The tears were too close. If he were Fancy, he’d turn around and kick and buck and moo and do just about anything to keep his calf near. But Eli wasn’t Fancy; he was a farmer. Sandra Neil Wallace
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Milkers don’t spend half as long with their mothers." Eli spread his chore coat over Little Joe. "Not more than a few weeks. Sometimes one day. Maybe not even ... If you were a peeper, it’d be even worse. They don’t even get to see their mamas. They’re still jelly beans when they’re left alone to hatch. Sandra Neil Wallace