Sheepish : two women, fifty sheep, and enough wool to save the planet

by Catherine Friend

Paperback, 2011

Notes

Part 2 of a memoir of an urban lesbian who goes farming in Minnesota. Finalist in the 2012 LambLiterary Awards lesbian memoir/biography section. review

Description

What do you do when you love your farm . . . but it doesn't love you? After fifteen years of farming, Catherine Friend is tired. After all, while shepherding is one of the oldest professions, it's not getting any easier. The number of sheep in America has fallen by 90 percent in the last ninety years. But just as Catherine thinks it's time to hang up her shepherd's crook, she discovers that sheep might be too valuable to give up. What ensues is a funny, thoughtful romp through the history of our woolly friends, why small farms are important, and how each one of us--and the planet--would benefit from being very sheepish, indeed.

Collection

Call number

920 FRI

Awards

Lambda Literary Award (Finalist — Lesbian Memoir/Biography — 2012)
Minnesota Book Awards (Finalist — 2012)

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : Capo Press, 2011. 263 p.

Physical description

263 p.; 21 cm
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