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Siesta Lane : A Year Unplugged, Or, The Good Intentions of Ten People, Two Cats, One Old Dog, Eight Acres, One Telephone, Three Cars, and Twenty Miles to the Nearest Town by Amy Minato; illustrations by Jan Muir is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Equal parts sweet and seriouswill make many folks think about their lives in new ways.Bill McKibben A poet at heart, Amy Minato rejects her life of consumption in Chicago to go back to nature - specifically, to a commune in Oregon, where she rediscovers herself. She also cops occasionally to the pretentiousness of her mission, and laughs along with the reader at her attempts to be both environmentally friendly and sane, considering the fact that she's moved in with a bunch of strangers in a remote locale. Jan Muir, a relative of the great environmentalist John Muir, lends her beautiful black-and-white illustrations to the book. Written with a grace and clarity of vision reminiscent of Annie Dillard's prose, Siesta Lane is both a practical case study in living green, and the heartwarming story of a modern idealist who dives headfirst into the fray and discovers just what it takes to live a year unplugged. This is a must-read for armchair adventurers and a perfect, engaging primer for anyone who wants to stride confidently into the new, environmentally-conscious 21st century.

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Author

Amy Minato; illustrations by Jan Muir

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781602393288

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Agriculture, Engineering, Memoir

Rating

3.46 / 5 (46 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13