And I Shall Have Some Peace There: Trading in the Fast Lane for My Own Dirt Road, (Paperback)

from katiekrug

This was the first book I received through the LT ER program after joining. I love the idea of getting books for free, and this one sounded interesting - I like memoirs and I like stories of people making major changes in their lives, probably because I am such a settled homebody and creature of ...

from jrbeach

I thought I would like this book - in general I love memoirs that involve moving to the country. My obession with this type of book goes back to the first time I read Louise Dickinson Rich's "We Took To The Woods". Anyway, this book is nothing like what I expected. After two weeks of forcing myse...

from LivelyLady

A wordy memoir of Roach's exodus from the corporate world of Martha Stewart to "the road less traveled." I found her rambling on about her ramblings so very boring. I wondered if it was even proof read as there was a 7 line sentence!!! If her writing style from the beginning to end reflects her c...

from tippycanoegal

This was a book that I expected to love because the author has a lovely gardening blog that I enjoy and a promising back story of her escape from NYC and corporate America (she was a bigwig at Martha Stewart) to her garden sanctuary in the country. I had hoped for some gardening essays, some thou...

from Myckyee

I was somewhat disappointed in this book, but that may be because what I imagined the book would be like and what it turned out to be was separated by miles! I expected more of a recounting of her time at Martha Stewart and what led her to change her lifestyle. Instead I read something just a bit...