This memoir describes author Laura Cunningham's transformation from urban dweller to country sophisticate and takes the reader from the cramped spaces of her Bronx youth to the rolling greenery of the upstate New York farm she eventually settles on. Cunningham's negotiations with the land, the local gentry (English aristocrats, a swami and his followers, and dairy farmers, among others) and the wildlife (holsteins, deer, chickens, geese, snakes and pigs) are related with acuity and humour. The book at once captures the ...
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This memoir describes author Laura Cunningham's transformation from urban dweller to country sophisticate and takes the reader from the cramped spaces of her Bronx youth to the rolling greenery of the upstate New York farm she eventually settles on. Cunningham's negotiations with the land, the local gentry (English aristocrats, a swami and his followers, and dairy farmers, among others) and the wildlife (holsteins, deer, chickens, geese, snakes and pigs) are related with acuity and humour. The book at once captures the rustic dreams of every city child and the poignant passing of the old-fashioned pastoral life.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Very Good in Fine jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7; Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. A woman's quest for a country life and how/where she finds it. A 'laugh-out-loud' coming of age memoir, funny and enchanting. Clean and solid book is dust-dulled on top edge and has a one inch line on the front, else Fine. Green half-cloth gilt titled and with gilt bird on front, with light green paper-over boards. Tight & solid binding, square with sharp corners. Fine Jacket is unclipped. Rough cut. Interior as new. 287 pages. 6 x 8.75 inches. Riverhead Books, NY 2000.
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