An absolute stunner. A memoir by Helen Nearing about her long life with her husband Scott as self-sufficient 'homesteaders' through most of the 20th century; they were world famous in their lifetimes as pioneers of the Good Life and travelled the world speaking and teaching on the simple life and social justice. Helen is not preachy at all however, just real and humorous and in love. I suspect they really wanted to stay at home tending their vegetables and building their endless garden wall but they felt compelled to help others find the complete peace and contentment that they had found.

[Read the global overview above for all the blurb off the back. :)]

Whatever your perspective on life, the universe and everything, this cannot fail to have you reassessing it!