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Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Audio Cassette (Unabridged)
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Meghan Daum's unforgettable debut novel brings her sharp wit and courageous social commentary to the story of Lucinda Trout, a New York television reporter in search of greener pastures. Moving to the slower-paced, friendly, and vastly more affordable Midwestern town of Prairie City, Lucinda zealously creates a series of televised reports for her New York audience about her newfound quality of life. But when Lucinda falls for eccentric local Mason Clay, her naivete about the real world leads her down an unexpected path, where she encounters, among other things, a drafty old farmhouse filled with children, an ever-growing menagerie of farm animals, and the harshest winter the region has seen in twenty years. In other words, simplicity just isn't as simple as it is cracked up to be, and "quality of life," Lucinda learns, is much more complicated than she ever imagined.
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Michele S. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
When I read the blurb for this book I thought it was similar to my life. I worked on the East Coast and relocated to the Southwest. But that's the end of the similarity. I guess it's an okay book but why do authors think cliches and stereotypes are the way to go? You could really see the developments happening before they did. Also, why do people repeat the back-cover description instead of giving an honest review? I would like an opinion, not something that came off the back of the book. Stop the insanity! If you didn't read the book, don't write about it! Sounds fair, doesn't it?
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1 member(s) found this review helpful.
the simple life never looked so complicated.
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I couldn't put it down. Both Funny, sad, and heartwarming. A realistic story of a woman who leaves nyc to go to a small town only to realize that the grass always "seems" greener on the other side of the street.
Lucinda Trout is a new york television reporter in search of greener pastures. Moving to the slower-paced, friendly and vastly more affordable midwestern town of Prarie City, she zealously creates a series of televised reports for her New York audience about her newfound quality of life. But when Lucinda falls for eccentric local Mason Clay her naivete about the real world leads her down an unexpected path with children, an ever-growing menagerie of farm animals and the harshest winter the region has seen in twenty years. In other words, simplicity just isnt as simple as it is cracked up to be and "qality of life" Lucinda learns, is much more complicated than she ever imagined.
Lucinda Trout is a New York television reporter in search of greener pastures. Moving to the slower-placed, friendly, and vastly more affordable Midwestern town of Prairie City, she zealously creates a series of televised reports for her New York audience about her newfound quality of life. But when Lucinda falls for eccentric local Mason Clay, her naivete about the real world leads her down an unexpected path where she encounters, among other things, a drafty farmhouse filled with children, an ever-growing menagerie of farm animals, and the harshest winter the region has seen in twenty years. In other words, simplicity just isn't as simple as it is cracked up to be, and the "quality of life", Lucinda learns, is much more complicated than she ever imagined.
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