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The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love
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Year of the Craft book club pick.

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Jessica
Feb 13, 2021 rated it it was ok
Enjoyed the writing, her mix of farm stories and descriptions of meals and food was interesting, but that was about it. I suppose having grown up on a farm I don't really understand the romance of it? I loved my childhood, and I love myself some honest hard work; I guess I get a little annoyed when there's a holier than thou attitude in a memoir, and this one was full of it. The passage about her visit to the demolition derby kinda summed it up for me. She didn't like it and looked down on the p ...more
Carol Johnson
Feb 04, 2021 rated it really liked it
Shelves: food-gardening
Beth
May 13, 2012 rated it liked it
Shelves: memoirs
Rustie
Jan 03, 2013 marked it as to-read
Cassie Cranmore
Mar 25, 2013 rated it really liked it
Jess
May 19, 2013 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Alexander Diederich
Feb 01, 2014 rated it really liked it
Whitney
Jun 04, 2015 marked it as to-read
Kristin
Mar 06, 2023 marked it as to-read
Shelves: memoir, gardening