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For the millions who loved A Year by the Sea comes a memoir of a woman who awakens at midlife to find wisdom in a most unlikely place In this lovely, unconventional, often funny memoir, we meet Catherine Goldhammer, newly separated and several tax brackets poorer, forced by... read more
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“Here everyone was blond and I wasn't sure anyone owned a golden retriever.”
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“Those trees would take up much of our new living room. (They would, for that matter, have taken up much of our old living room.) THe would need to be folded in half to fit through the door. But in her mind's eyes those trees would fit i our house, or perhaps her vision was strong enough that the logistics just didn't matter.”
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“Worry . And then don't. Look, a goose. If someone else has it, check it out because it might be good. Or it could just be a stick. if she comes out of the house, she might have bread. Oh no. She doesn't. When you lay an egg, make noise about it. If there's someone in the nest, go in there anyway. The dog is eating grass on the other side of the fence? Go on. Stick your head out there. Peck the dog's tongue. It might be a worm. Jesus Christ, it's the lawn mower. Eat almost anything. When it gets dark go inside. Huddle up. Everything is exciting. Fly when you can.”
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had followed the chickens this far and would follow them farther. They were still talking to me, singing to me, telling me a story.
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The chickens were the thread, the real thing that pulled us, stumbling and fearful, into the future.
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I did not have a year in Provence or a villa under the Tuscan sun.
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- Catherine Goldhammer (Author)
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Original Language: English
Publisher: Hudson Street Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 1594630259
Page Count: 192
Publisher: Hudson Street Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 1594630259
Page Count: 192
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- Dewey: 974.4043092
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