This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781890132941 (1890132942)
Publish date: June 1st 2001
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Writing,
Essays,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Environment,
Health,
Sustainability,
Cooking,
Green,
Gardening
This book is part memoir, part essay collection with the central topic of growing food and local-based agriculture. It was published in 2001, so written likely in the late 1990’s so it was written as the local food movement was beginning to pick up steam (at least I think so). The initial chapters...
I enjoyed this book. Joan has a great way with words, and she easily drew me into her life. There were things I had to laugh at - like the way she was drawn to her home, and things that just broke my heart. I had expected more of a how-to book to live organically, but this was a pleasant surprise.