Chickens in the Road: An Adventure in Ordinary Splendor - Rilegato

McMinn, Suzanne

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ISBN 10: 0062223704 ISBN 13: 9780062223708

Casa editrice: Harperone, 2013

Riassunto

Accompanied by hilarious anecdotes and delicious recipes, the founder of the popular blog chickensintheroad.com shares her 40-something coming-of-age story during which she, along with her three children, started a new life in rural West Virginia to connect to the earth and her family roots. 30,000 first printing.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Suzanne McMinn former romance writer turned intrepid farm girl, is the creator of the incredibly popular personal website www.chickensintheroad.com. A professional writer, teacher, and photographer, she is the author of twenty-six published novels and writes a bimonthly column for the Charleston Daily Mail. She lives in West Virginia.

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"It was a cold late autumn day when I brought my children to live in rural West Virginia. The farmhouse was one hundred years old, there was already snow on the ground, and the heat was sparse—as was the insulation. The floors weren't even, either. My then-twelve-year-old son walked in the door and said, 'You've brought us to this slanted little house to die.'"

Thus begins former romance writer Suzanne McMinn's wild ride into self-sustainable living halfway up a hill on one of the most remote dirt roads in West Virginia, with a cast including her children, an enigmatic partner, the "rural neighborhood" of quirky characters, and a whole slew of ridiculous and uncooperative farm animals. An unlikely adventurer, the suburban-born-and-bred author tackles one daunting challenge after another on her new forty-acre farm, from hatching chickens and milking a cow to herding sheep and making her own cheese. Whether she's trying to convince a goat to accept its baby or just get her ornery neighbor to move over and let her pass on the road, every page of her adventure is fraught with laughter, passion, drama, and the risk of losing it all before she figures out why she's doing it in the first place. And when she does lose it all, she discovers a triumph she never expected—along with the truth for which she'd been searching all along.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Harperone
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0062223704
• ISBN 13: 9780062223708
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 305
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile