The Truth About The Barn offers answers to important questions about how barns came into being, why they look the way they do, why they're worth reflecting on,and what possible future they may have. Chapters investigate the barn's place in culture and religion, art and literature. Psychological and philosophical implications are explored.Readers are treated to an occasional recollection of the author's own experiences with barns."Written with something of a stream-of-consciousness approach, the book engagingly drifts from one folksy rumination to the next...It's as if you're overhearing farmers chatting at the local feed store, and you're not too surprised when you discover they all have PhDs." — Literary Review of Canada"It's a delightful book — funny, informative and full of the author's very obvious affection for the buildings and the animals that live in them." — Winnipeg Free Press