Bootstrapper : From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm

from libraryhead

Started strong but didn't pay off. Fully agree with Ella_Jill below. Very little homesteading inspo. Almost nothing on her journey to badassery, other than she became broke (due largely to her own choices and some bad luck) and over time became less so.

from hemlokgang

This book, the autobiographical story of a single mother with a dream, started a little slow, but became increasingly engaging. The author conveyed the sense of desperation she felt at times, the feelings of shame and degradation which she combatted with the pride of independence and survival, an...

from SamSattler

Bootstrapper, Mardi Jo Link's new memoir, threw me a bit of a curve. The book's subtitle reads this way: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm, leading me to believe that its focus was on the difficulty of eking out a living from one of today's small American farms – a topic that intri...

from Pferdina

A woman with three sons is getting divorced from their father after almost 20 years. All she has is the farmhouse and the land in northern Michigan. This is the true story of how she fed and clothed everyone for the first year, by growing vegetables and being resourceful. I admire her strength, h...

from Twink

Bootstrapper: to promote or develop by initiative and effort with little or no assistance --- Merriam-Webster dictionary. Mardi Jo Link is living the life she always dreamed of - three amazing young sons and the opportunity to raise them in the countryside in a beautiful old farmhouse sitting on ...