Unbuttoned: Our Farming Life in Southeastern Ontario
Language: English
Published by Crossfield Publishing, St. Marys, Ontario, Canada, 2022
- Signed
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Alex Simpson, Carrying Place, ON, CanadaAlex Simpson
AbeBooks seller since November 16, 2005
Condition: Used - Very good
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135pp. with b/w illustrations. Author's signature on the half-title page (pictured, unverified). Light creasing from page handling, small corner creasing and light soil to outer edges. Wraps have light edge/rub wear and light creasing. Actual book for sale pictured. 22.9 x 25.5 x .9cm, wt750g Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Title
- Unbuttoned: Our Farming Life in Southeastern Ontario
- Author
- Vanderzande, Grace
- Publisher
- Crossfield Publishing, St. Marys, Ontario, Canada
- Publication year
- 2022
- Condition
- VG
- Signed
- Signed by Author
- Binding
- Soft Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1990326099
- ISBN 13
- 9781990326097
- Seller catalogs
- Biography
We all have childhood dreams in life. Grace wanted to be a writer. Her partner, who she refers to as My Hero, had another dream. Unbeknownst to her his dream was to own and run his own farm. As it often happens, love had her plunge into his dream. Opportunity knocked and they jumped in with both feet and blinders on.
Farming is the most frustrating and rewarding experience a person can do.
Eventually, after never ending unpredictable highs and lows, mixed with lots of tears tightly woven with laughter, Grace did what she needed to do to get through.
She started writing short stories on a blog named Buttons Thoughts. Sharing them with others with her quirky sense of humour became her coping mechanism. The simple things in her life became hugely important. She gravitated to writing with a mix of whimsy in very real situations. The pain and frustration finally overtaken by the brighter sides of once crippling events. She embraced the beauty of every season. Nature became her best friend. That was her saving grace.
Those stories have been shared over and over, believing that people should not hide their fears or their joys. This book is a compilation of some of those stories.
Their dreams happened to come true with hard work and the love and support of each other. What could be better than that?
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Grace Vanderzande is an avid storyteller raised in the small village of Odessa Ontario. She fondly calls her husband "My Hero". Together, they bought two hundred acres outside of Napanee Ontario in 1979. He worked a fulltime construction job while Grace was left to handle the day—to—day operations of their ever—expanding farm. Two children, tending livestock, as well as the household duties. This is the source of her inspirational stories sowed in the realities of farm life in Ontario.
As a creative outlet, she started a blog named Buttons Thoughts in 2010 which soon became very popular. True short stories about her daily life and how she coped with humour and imagination captured her audiences. In 2014 she started sharing her stories in a monthly column, Tales from the Farm, in a local newspaper, The Napanee Guide. Kingston This Week and The Whig still publish her column.
Grace is a nature lover and spends most of her time in the bush, sitting on a rock or stump. Surrounded by the wildlife that shares their farm, she is never without her camera, paper, and pen. She captures her world in her own special way.
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Alex Simpson
Carrying Place, ON, Canada
AbeBooks seller since November 16, 2005
Shipping rates from Canada to U.S.A.
| Item | 7 to 30 business days | 5 to 21 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | £ 26.21 | £ 74.89 |
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