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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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"A wonderful writer, smart as they come, and a real joy to read." --Annie Dillard

"Humorous ... this true-life tale charts a big-city girl's transformation to farm gal." --People

"Jeanne Marie Laskas is the thinking woman's Erma Bombeck ... [with] a talent for finding wisdom in daily life.... Even the most entrenched urbanite will be charmed by this book." --Andrea Sachs, Time.com

"[A] delightful memoir about love and relocation ... [by] an accomplished journalist and also a deft storyteller ... Hilarious ... a pleasurable read indeed." --Newsday

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

Be sure to look for Jeanne Marie Laskas's new book in spring 2003 wherever Bantam Books are sold
About the Author:
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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  • PublisherBantam Dell Pub Group
  • Publication date2000
  • ISBN 10 0553109049
  • ISBN 13 9780553109047
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages272
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