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Good husbandry : growing food, love, and family on Essex farm
Record details
- ISBN: 1501111655
- ISBN: 9781501111655
- ISBN: 1501111531
- ISBN: 9781501111532
- ISBN: 9781501111532 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781501111662 (ebook)
- ISBN: 1501111531 : HRD
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Physical Description:
pages cm
print - Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2019.
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| Subject: | Farmers New York (State) North Country Biography Farm life New York (State) North Country Essex Farm. Kimball, Kristin |
Available copies
- 6 of 6 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rowayton Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowayton Library | BIO KIMBALL (Text) | 33625122827749 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Publishers Weekly Review
Good Husbandry : A Memoir
Publishers Weekly
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Kimball's superb memoir (following up The Dirty Life) chronicles the evolution of a farm, marriage, family, and her own personal identity with humor, insight, and candor. Having left her home in New York City to start Essex Farm "from scratch" with the man she would marry, she left a world of easy conveniences for farming rigor in partnership with a man whose "inner radio has been tuned to WFRM, all farming, all the time." She commits to using horses instead of machines and expresses her desire to "make a farm that did more good than harm" to the environment and community, leading to both extraordinary labor ("working for grueling hours in all weather") and deprivation (the house lacked stairs between floors). But by the end, readers will come to understand and appreciate her message that "the work is all there is, and it's a beautiful thing." Eventually, children are welcomed, and "I was on one side with the children and their needs, and he was on the other, with the farm and all its work." Readers curious about small-farm life, or simply how one woman weathers great change both professionally and personally, will love Kimball's gutsy, generous second memoir. (Oct.)
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