Hit by a farm : how I learned to stop worrying and love the barn

by Catherine Friend

Paperback, 2006

Notes

urban lesbian couple go farming in Minnesota ... review

Description

Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML: Catherine Friend was happy being an author and writing instructor. She always wore clean clothes. She never had anything disagreeable stuck to the bottom of her shoes. That all changed the day she agreed to help her partner Melissa fulfill Melissa's lifelong ambition to farm in Minnesota. Catherine and Melissa embark on a rural odyssey filled with sheep, goats, chicken, llamas, and a host of other natural disasters. As it turns out, farming isn't all it's cracked up to be. Hit by a Farm is a coming-of (middle)-age story of a woman trying to close the divide between who she wants to be, and who she really is. After helping Melissa realize her dream, Catherine eventually finds a way to recapture her own in this unforgettable crash course in living off�??and living with�??the land… (more)

Collection

Call number

920 FRI

Awards

Lambda Literary Award (Nominee — 2006)
Publishing Triangle Awards (Finalist — Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction — 2007)

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Press, 2006

Physical description

240 p.; 21 cm
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