Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (897 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307743586 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
When Mardi Jo Link finds herself a newly single mother after nineteen years of marriage, she makes a seemingly impossible resolution: to stay in her century old-farmhouse and continue raising her three boys on well-water, chopping wood, and dirt. Armed with an unflagging sense of humor and a relentless optimism that would put Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm to shame, Link and her resolute accomplices struggle through one long, hard year of blizzards, foxes, bargain cooking, rampaging poultry, a zucchini-growing contest, and other challenges.
Mardi Jo Linkis the author of Bootstrapper, When Evil Came to Good Hart (2008) and Isadore’s Secret (2009), winner of the Michigan Notable Book Award. She lives with her family on a small farm in northern Michigan.
Her account, told with humor and panache, of pulling oneself up after disappointment and loss will appeal to the bootstrapper in all of us. From Booklist In a heart-wrenching, heartwarming, and invigorating memoir, author and farmer Link struggles following her divorce to hold on to the life she had built. Neither sugarcoated nor wallowing in self-pity, Link’s storytelling is as tough, honest, and unyielding as one would expect from a Michigan farmer. Link’s pride in her sons and the life they have made shines throughout the book and is obviously well deserved. Link is not, as her ex-husband had taunted, Rebecca of
Diverting read A good read on a Saturday when had to stay less active. Didn't really strike me as "badass." Strong, survivor. Learned things I did not know about chickens despite spending time on a farm growing up.. but once I did I really liked Brenda Smith It took me awhile to get into it, but once I did I really liked it. Five Stars Just the image I enjoyed this book. Easy read and very relatable to single mothers.