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开 本: 32开纸 张: 胶版纸包 装: 平装是否套装: 否国际标准书号ISBN: 9780385342681
Logan Ward and his wife, Heather, were prototypical New
Yorkers circa 2000: their lives steeped in ambition, work, and
stress. Feeling their souls grow numb, wanting their toddler son to
see the stars at night, the Wards made a plan. They would return to
their native South, find a farm, and for one year live exactly as
people did in 1900 Virginia: without a car or electricity–and with
only the food they could grow themselves. It was a project that
would push their relationship to the brink–and illuminate stunning
hardships and equally remarkable surprises.
From Logan’s emotionally charged battles with Belle, the family
workhorse, to Heather’s daily trials with a wood-fired cooking
stove and a constant siege of garden pests and cantankerous
animals, the Wards were soon overwhelmed by their new life. At the
same time as Logan and Heather struggled with their increasingly
fragile relationship, as their son relished simple joys, the couple
discovered something else: within their self-imposed time warp,
they had found a community, a sense of belonging, and an
appreciation both for what we’ve lost–and what we’ve gained–across
a century of change.
Prologue
PART ONE: GREEN
Chapter One: Goodbye, New York
Chapter Two: Old Year’s Eve
Chapter Three: Expedition to Nowhere
Chapter Four: How I Learn to Drive
Chapter Five: Waiting for Rain
PART TWO: SEASONED
Chapter Six: Picking, Cleaning, Shelling, Shucking
Chapter Seven: News from the Future
Chapter Eight: Under Fire
Chapter Nine: Home for the Holidays
Chapter Ten: Winter
Chapter Eleven: Breeding Season
Chapter Twelve: Back to the Future
Epilogue
Great-Grandma McEndree’s Black Fruitcake
Acknowledgments
Afterword
About the Author
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