A review by lindseysparks
The Farm in the Green Mountains by Alice Herdan-Zuckmayer

4.0

This memoir reminded me a bit of my parents, who bought 15 acres after their home was destroyed in a tornado and now they have cows, goats, chickens, guineas, dogs and a large garden. They had lived in the city all my life and moved while I was in college. The couple in this book where fleeing Hitler and ended up in a farm in Vermont when their daughters were in college. Her stories about their animals and their desire to be self-sufficient reminded me of my dad. Her singing the praises of the US government did not. The couple are likeable and you root for them to succeed as they learn how to take care of a farm and wonder if they'll ever return to their homes in Germany or Austria. I think it probably helped them having so much work to do on the land. It kept them distracted from the war. It was nice to read a different sort of WWII book, one that focused on the everyday lives of people.