Fifty Acres and a Poodle: A True Story of Love, Livestock, and Finding Myself on a Farm - Rilegato

Laskas, Jeanne Marie

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ISBN 10: 0553109049 ISBN 13: 9780553109047

Casa editrice: Bantam Dell Pub Group, 2000

Riassunto

A columnist and urban refugee describes her odyssey from city life to rural bliss and from single to married in a whimsical account of a first year on a fifty-acre farm in western Pennsylvania, as she describes her new two- and four-legged friends, including Sassy the mule, her wedding present to her new husband. 15,000 first printing.

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"Rarely has a city girl transformed herself into a country goddess with such humor."
-- Rita Mae Brown

"Jeanne Marie Laskas is a wonderful writer, smart as they come, and a real joy to read."
-- Annie Dillard

"Anyone who's toyed with the idea of moving to the country should read Fifty Acres. It's stunning, witty, sly--a wonderful surprise."
-- Katherine Russell Rich, author of The Red Devil

"[A] spunky memoir of a dream come true...makes for an amusing and emotional tale... offering many fresh pleasures for any city dweller who has ever dreamed of buying a farm."
--Publisher's Weekly

L'autore:

Jeanne Marie Laskas is a columnist for The Washington Post Magazine, where her "Significant Others" essays appear weekly. A contributing writer at Esquire, she also writes for GQ, Allure, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Health, and This Old House. She is the author of The Balloon Lady and Other People I Know and We Remember: Women Born at the Turn of the Century Tell the Stories of Their Lives in Words and Pictures. She lives and farms with her husband and daughter, along with their poodle, mutts, mules, sheep, and other animals, at Sweetwater Farm in Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania.

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• Editore: Bantam Dell Pub Group
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0553109049
• ISBN 13: 9780553109047
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 272