Publisher's Synopsis
This memoir describes author Laura Cunningham's transformation from urban dweller to country sophisticate and takes the reader from the cramped spaces of her Bronx youth to the rolling greenery of the upstate New York farm she eventually settles on. Cunningham's negotiations with the land, the local gentry (English aristocrats, a swami and his followers, and dairy farmers, among others) and the wildlife (holsteins, deer, chickens, geese, snakes and pigs) are related with acuity and humour. The book at once captures the rustic dreams of every city child and the poignant passing of the old-fashioned pastoral life.
