A review by melissa_who_reads
A New Kind of Country by Dorothy Gilman

5.0

Thoroughly enjoyed this short memoir of Dorothy Gilman's life in a small Nova Scotia village, on the shore, which she moves to after her youngest son goes to college. She goes to live more self-sufficiently, to cut back on her possessions, and to find out what being alone is like. In the process she also finds out the joys of living in a small rural community, where your neighbors show up unannounced and check on you if your routine varies too much. It is lovely.