Sheepish: Two Women, Fifty Sheep, and Enough Wool to Save the Planet

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نویسندگان: Catherine Friend  
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ISBN (شابک) : 9780738214092 
ناشر: Da Capo Press 
سال نشر: 2011 
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زبان: English 
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What do you do when you love your farm . . . but it doesnt love you? After fifteen years of farming, Catherine Friend is tired. After all, while shepherding is one of the oldest professions, its 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 its time to hang up her shepherds 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 usand the planetwould benefit from being very sheepish, indeed.

From Publishers Weekly

In this follow-up to her first memoir, Hit by a Farm, Friend details the challenges of balancing a writing career with sheep farming in southeastern Minnesota, where she lives with her partner, Melissa. As she ponders the content and meaning of her life, Friend regales readers with funny and fascinating tales of daily life on a farm, from the humor and peril unique to sheep shearing to viewing death as "part of the job." Tidbits on sheep in history and literature add color; for example, the author argues that sheepherding is actually the oldest profession and points out the animals' presence in our language, via expressions like "fleeced" and "dyed in the wool." Her voice is wry and funny; she's self-deprecating and thoughtful, and strikes a balance between teasing and kindness, whether her subject is pregnant sheep, yarn-loving "fiber freaks," or spirituality and nature. (May)

Review

Lambda Literary Award Finalist

Novella Carpenter, author of*FarmCity
Fans of Hit by a Farm will get another dose ofCatherine Friends signature wit and moxie with Sheepish*, as she faces a rough patch on the farm, but still manages to be hilarious. In the end, Friends enthusiasm will make you want to raise sheep, or at least wear wool undies.

Rachael Herron,*How to Knit a Love Song
*A graceful collection of farm-life vignettes becomes a whole even greater than the sum of its lovely parts asCatherine Friend . . . builds the story of a partnership rich in love, humor, and perhaps most importantly, sheep.

Meg Daly Olmert, author of*Made for Each Other
Sheepish *is as smart and funny as its title. Catherine Friend takes us along on her quest to master the other oldest profession. Warning: It may make you want to drop everything and go tend a flock.

Joanne Seiff, author ofFiber Gatheringand*Knit Green
Wry, witty, and honest, Sheepish* describes a magical personal transformationfrom urban to rural.Catherine Friend finds meaning in the middle of life, love and even knitting projects.Friend brings out the urge to farm in knitters, spinners, and fiber freaks everywhere, teaching us to find joy and contentment in the small, sheepy parts of our world.

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New York TimesBook Review forHit by a Farm
A charming memoir . . . [with] magical moments.

Garrison Keillor on*Hit by a Farm
*A sweet and funny book in the classic Hardy Girls Go Farming genre, elegantly told. . . . It has dogs, sheep, a pickup truck, womens underwear, electric fences, the works.

Library Journal, 3/17/11
Chock-full of wild and wooly stories about the vagaries of sheep, this series of ruminations on life at Friend's farm also offers a glimpse into the world of fiber freaks. Friend's light tone does not prevent her from addressing weightier issues such as mid-life angst and heart-breaking aspects of life and death on an animal farm.

E: The Environmental Magazine, April 2011
A meaningful and informative narrative on the forgotten art of shepherding.

Booklist, 4/15/11
As provocative as her reflections are, it is Friends acerbic wit that keeps the reader turning the pages.A perfect choice for book groups, this is a look at the road not taken with a guide that pokes as much fun at herself as she does at the world around her.

Publishers Weekly, 4/4/11
Friend regales readers with funny and fascinating tales of daily life on a farmTidbits on sheep in history and literature add colorHer voice is wry and funny; she's self-deprecating and thoughtful, and strikes a balance between teasing and kindness, whether her subject is pregnant sheep, yarn-loving fiber freaks, or spirituality and nature.

Kirkus Reviews, 5/15/11

The author's humility is engagingFriend ably weaves together comical stories, strands of self-help, historical and environmental facts. Like sheep themselves, the authors account often wanders outside the confines of the pasture and into the readers hearts.

Ode, Spring 2011

A witty collection of farm life tales and an examination of the worlds other oldest profession shepherding.

Minneapolis Star Tribune, 5/8/11

Friend writes with honesty as biting as a cold apple, and a sweet self-deprecating good humorThis memoir is speciala humble page-turner.

Rochester Post-Bulletin, 5/2/11
Fans of Friends previous books about her farm adventures and what shes learned on that farm north of Zumbrota will like Sheepish.

San Francisco Book Review, May 2011

Plenty to enjoy.

Examiner.com, 5/19/11

Slip the book in your knitting bag. It is a perfect read for the beach.

The Bookworm Sez nationally syndicated column, 5/30/11

Imagine a serene pasture filled with contented, nameless sheep. Then imagine a reluctant shepherdess at the helm, add in llamas, cats, dogs, chickens, a peacock, frisky calves, knitters, and Elvis, and you've got a good yarn.

Books, Yarn, Ink, and other Pursuits (blog), 5/11/11
Catherine Friend brings another wonderful tale of life on her Minnesota farm. With laughter and a few tears, Friend weaves together her stories like the threads on a loom, and as any fiber freak can tell you, this is a yarn we like to spin!

Portland Book Review, 6/6/11
Whether you already know Catherine Friend from her exploits in fiction, nonfiction, and childrens literature, or if youre just discovering her, this latest laugh out loud memoir on farming is a cant miss read.

Curled Up With a Good Book
Witty, warm, outlandish, and revealing essaysOne of those gentle books that packs an emotional wallop as the author shares her highs and lowsThe reader [will] want to hold onto it and keep reading forever.

BiblioBuffet.com, 7/4/11
A warm and fuzzy memoirFriends quirky sense of humor is the thick yarn that knits Sheepish together.

Vogue Knitting, Fall 2011
[A] delightful, laugh-out-loud memoir.

Northfield Patch, 9/20/11
Honest, thoughtful, and often times very funny.

Minneapolis Star Tribune, 11/26/11
A charming and very funny sequel to Hit by a Farm.

Country Folks, 4/2/12
A fun story about wool and why small farms are important.

LN-Lesbian News, May 2012

Sheepish is both hilarious and touchingThis is a book not to miss.

Feminist Collections, Summer 2012
Witty.