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Possum Living : How to Live Well Without a Job and with (Almost) No Money by Dolly Freed, David Gates is a self-help book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Possum Living : How to Live Well Without a Job and with (Almost) No Money about?
In the 1970s Dolly Freed lived of the land dirt cheap and plum easy. Living in their own house on a half-acre lot outside of Philadelphia for almost five years, Dolly and her father produced their own food and drink and spent roughly $700 each per year. Thirty years later Dolly Freed's __Possum Living__ is as fascinating and pertinent as it was in 1978. Tin House is reissuing the survivalist classic with a foreword by David Gates and an afterword by the author. After discussing reasons why you should or shouldn't give up your job, __Possum Living__ gives you details about the cheapest ways with the best results to buy and maintain your home, dress well, cope with the law, stay healthy, and keep up a middle-class facade — whether you live in the city, in the suburbs, or in a small town. In a delightful, straightforward style Dolly Freed explains how to be lazy, proud, miserly, and honest, live well and enjoy leisure. She shares her knowledge for what you __do__need — your own home, for example — and what you __don't__ need — such as doctors, lawyers, and insurance. Through her own example, Dolly hopes to inspire you to do some independent thinking about how economics affect the cour
Who reads Possum Living : How to Live Well Without a Job and with (Almost) No Money?
It is typically read by readers building habits, skills, productivity or wellbeing.
Common subject areas: self-improvement, productivity, wellness.
- Author
- Dolly Freed, David Gates
- Publisher
- Tin House Books, LLC
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780982053935
- Category
- self-help
- Subjects
- Home & Lifestyle, Gender Studies, Finance
- Rating
- 3.55 / 5 (822 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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