Nikkishell read and liked Peggy's review of MaryJane's Ideabook, Cookbook, Lifebook: For the Farmgirl in All of Us:

"I picked this book up because I was fascinated by the buzz about it and the high price of used copies online. MaryJane Butters is selling - something - and I think it's time for Martha Stewart to move over! Who wouldn't want to be a 'Farmgirl'? Being...more I picked this book up because I was fascinated by the buzz about it and the high price of used copies online. MaryJane Butters is selling - something - and I think it's time for Martha Stewart to move over! Who wouldn't want to be a 'Farmgirl'? Being a Farmgirl seems to include any girl with a hankering to cook, sew, knit or grow a few flowers? A former Utah Mormon, MaryJane's reminisces of the collective almost socialized life of late 50s Mormon Utah are a fascinating glimpse into a different era and a peek into real community. I think Americans are starved for community and while I'm not sure we can patch one together piecemeal from wants or dreams, the MaryJane Farmgirl bandwagon has an appeal that goes beyond her branded organic foods or sheets. I think many women, across the country, in smalls town or urban areas, recognize that the deflationary forces swirling around their communities and families mean big changes in their hopes and dreams: MaryJane Butters has stepped in with a plan and vision of how they can hold on in times of want and make new dreams: that's pretty powerful.(less) "