Short Stories or Tall Tales? Joyce Buller has incorporated her past with her imagination to create engaging episodes in Home Groan. From an unforgettable perfume to an uneatable sweet roll, her stories are the best, like the ones you could write, if you would Included are anecdotes of living on top of a hill in northern Missouri with eight children, a mom living in a tent in the backyard, Grandma's shivaree, a dangerous ornery brother, and more.