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Exact Same Moon : Fifty Acres and a Family by Jeanne Marie Laskas (2004, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100553381490

ISBN-139780553381498

eBay Product ID (ePID)30753904

Product Key Features

Book TitleExact Same Moon : Fifty Acres and a Family

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicWomen, Form / Anecdotes & Quotations, Parenting / Motherhood, Literary

Publication Year2004

GenreFamily & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, Humor

AuthorJeanne Marie Laskas

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight9 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Dewey Edition21

Reviews"Her descriptions are strong enough to make even readers unfamiliar with her situation feel moved" --Publishers Weekly "For anyone who'd like to chuck it all and move to the country." -- The Washington Post "Jeanne Marie Laskas is 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 a formidable reporter and one damn fine writer." -- Esquire "A winning journey of the heart and psyche...There are laughs aplenty." -- The Philadelphia Weekly From the Hardcover edition., "Her descriptions are strong enough to make even readers unfamiliar with her situation feel moved" --Publishers Weekly "For anyone who'd like to chuck it all and move to the country." --The Washington Post "Jeanne Marie Laskas is 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 a formidable reporter and one damn fine writer." --Esquire "A winning journey of the heart and psyche...There are laughs aplenty." --The Philadelphia Weekly, "Her descriptions are strong enough to make even readers unfamiliar with her situation feel moved" --Publishers Weekly "For anyone who'd like to chuck it all and move to the country." --The Washington Post "Jeanne Marie Laskas is 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 a formidable reporter and one damn fine writer." --Esquire "A winning journey of the heart and psyche...There are laughs aplenty." --The Philadelphia Weekly From the Hardcover edition.

Dewey Decimal070.92 B

SynopsisIn Fifty Acres and a Poodle , Jeanne Marie Laskas described how she survived her first hilariously tumultuous year at Sweetwater Farm. Now she returns with a funny, touching, and personal new memoir of what happens after your dream comes true... With a picture-postcard farm, a wonderful marriage, two mules, and a new refrigerator that spits crushed ice, what more can a girl ask for? That's precisely the question Jeanne Marie asks herself as she and Alex settle into their new life at Sweetwater Farm. Two years ago they left the city behind for a life filled with the practical, often comical, lessons of living close to the land--and they never looked back. Yet when her strong-willed mom is hospitalized with a sudden and mysterious paralysis, Jeanne Marie rushes home to Philadelphia and her extended, sometimes chaotic, but always loving family. It's there that she realizes what is still missing from her life: a family of her own. Now it's a matter of bringing up the subject to her husband, Alex, fifteen years older and with adult children of his own, who seems terrified that she's thinking of adopting a Chihuahua. With warmth, wisdom, and unfailing humor, Laskas tells the poignant story of her search for motherhood--and what happens when a woman risks happily-ever-after for something even more precious. As she tends to her own ailing mother, Jeanne Marie discovers that the challenges and rewards of living with Mother Nature pale in comparison to those awakened by the nature of mothering. The Exact Same Moon is filled with hilarious and heartwarming vignettes of people and a way of life you'll be glad you met. From "borrowing" sheep to help mow the lawn and sitting in on the racy hay jokes at the Agway Equine Clinic, to befriending the notorious old lady who holds the water rights to their future pond, corrupting the neighbors with satellite TV, and learning the fine art of going a-calling, Laskas proves once again that laughter, love, and wisdom are truly homegrown. From the Hardcover edition., Now she returns with a funny, touching, and personal new memoir of what happens after your dream comes true... With a picture-postcard farm, a wonderful marriage, two mules, and a new refrigerator that spits crushed ice, what more can a girl ask for? That's precisely the question Jeanne Marie asks herself as she and Alex settle into their new life at Sweetwater Farm.