This life is in your hands : one dream, sixty acres, and a family undone / Melissa Coleman.
With urban farming and backyard chicken flocks becoming increasingly popular, Coleman has written this timely and honest portrait of her own childhood experience in Maine with her two homesteading parents during the turbulent 1970s. A luminous, evocative memoir that explores the hope and struggle behind one family's search for a self-sufficient life.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780061958328
- ISBN: 0061958328
- Physical Description: 325 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Harper, [2011]
- Copyright: ©2011
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Family -- Livelihood -- Sustenance -- Seclusion -- Companions -- Water -- Tribe -- Paradise -- Bicentennial -- Loss -- Atonement -- Mercy.
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- Subject:
- Coleman, Melissa > Childhood and youth.
Coleman, Melissa > Family.
Coleman, Eliot, 1938-
Coleman, Sue, 1945-
Loss (Psychology)
Children > Maine > Penobscot Bay Region > Death.
Drowning > Maine > Penobscot Bay Region.
Families > Maine > Penobscot Bay Region.
Farm life > Maine > Penobscot Bay Region.
Loss (Psychology) > Case studies.
Children.
Children.
Penobscot Bay Region (Me.) > Biography.
Penobscot Bay Region (Me.) > Social life and customs. - Genre:
- Biographies.
Case studies.
Available copies
- 8 of 8 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Library | BIO COL (Text) | 37810434972054 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Canton Library | B Coleman (Text) | 33115006907858 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | B COLEMAN (Text) | 22281500057125 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Fletcher Branch | COLEMAN (Text) | 33258035511884 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Lewisville Branch | 974.13 C (Text) | 0112515055237 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Lexington Public Library | B Coleman (Text) | 25908006085638 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Manteo Library | B COLEMAN (Text) | 39488300792381 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| South Granville Branch Library | B COLEMA (Text) | 42756201547848 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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