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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
Interesting account of Anne LaBastille's life (somewhat) alone in the Adirondacks. She had neighbors, and plenty of people upon whom she could rely for help when needed, or for companionship when she wished, but still not a highly populated life. I found it interesting, sometimes inspiring, sort of a modern day Thoreau (who, himself, didn't really live that far from neighbors, family, and friends).
Woodswoman by Anne LaBastille
After her divorce she bought some land and built herself a cabin to live in.
Love how she is able to survive with her skills. Very descriptive details and you can imagine yourself there in the wild during the different seasons.
Many stories of events that occur...Liked talk of preserving the land and what is done.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
After her divorce she bought some land and built herself a cabin to live in.
Love how she is able to survive with her skills. Very descriptive details and you can imagine yourself there in the wild during the different seasons.
Many stories of events that occur...Liked talk of preserving the land and what is done.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
Auf den letzten 50 Seiten aufgegeben. Es hatte gute, interessante Kapitel, aber stilistisch fand ich es oft ungeschickt und gegen Ende wird lokale Geschichte vermittelt, indem die Autorin und ihr Freund sie sich auf total glaubhafte und kein bisschen unnatürliche Weise gegenseitig erzählen. Außerdem macht es mich unzufrieden, wenn Leute mit Gasherd, Gefrierschrank, Motorboot und Snowmobile an einem schwer erreichbaren See wohnen und sich dann darüber beschweren, dass andere Leute zu viel Zivilisation und Technologie einschleppen. Die eigene Lebensweise ist genau richtig und geradezu naturbelassen, aber schon der Nachbar mit dem nächstgrößeren Boot zerstört alles. (Gut allerdings: Hier wird auch mal erwähnt, was passiert, wenn man in so einer dünn besiedelten Gegend Besuch von schwarzen Freundinnen hat.)
Really delightful, and totally remarkable for the era it was written in, though some parts still didn’t age well.
Fantastisk! Otroligt inspirerande. Läste boken med värme och beundran. Vilken historia och vilken människa!
This book came highly recommended by my boyfriend's mother. It is the first in a series of four books - true stories about the author and her life living in a cabin she built herself on a lake in the Adirondacks. I quite disliked her writing style, I'll be honest with you. It was jumpy, some of her word choices were very strange, and the detours she took from the main story of the chapter to describe things were quite distracting. Many times, by the time she got back to the point of the story, I had forgotten what she had been talking about in the first place. Also, much of it is just description. There are stories, and all the actual stories are worth reading. But there are also pages upon pages of description of things like ... the length of the boards used to put up a certain wall of her cabin. I dunno, it was just a very tedious read. I skipped more of it than I'd like to admit.
But, like I said, there were so many good stories there. I'd recommend suffering your way through the rest of it to get the stories. The story of her pet fox. The story of how she fell in love with her first husband. The story of rowing across the lake and watching the ice freeze up behind her. The story of her hike through the mountains and the history she found there. The story of the locals placing a 50lb barrel on the frozen-over lake and making bets as to when it would fall through the ice. And just the story of her survival in general. It was really inspiring and very interesting - I felt like I learned a lot while being somewhat entertained simultaneously.
But, like I said, there were so many good stories there. I'd recommend suffering your way through the rest of it to get the stories. The story of her pet fox. The story of how she fell in love with her first husband. The story of rowing across the lake and watching the ice freeze up behind her. The story of her hike through the mountains and the history she found there. The story of the locals placing a 50lb barrel on the frozen-over lake and making bets as to when it would fall through the ice. And just the story of her survival in general. It was really inspiring and very interesting - I felt like I learned a lot while being somewhat entertained simultaneously.
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I am in awe of this woman. Hauled logs to build her own cabin. Walked across the lake in winter to buy her groceries. Holy kamoley. I actually read this in 2007 but often think of it and wanted to keep track of it.
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Made me want to take a walk in the woods, and grateful for my hot water heater and indoor plumbing!