{"product_id":"this-life-is-in-your-hands-one-dream-sixty-acres-and-a-familys-heartbreak-paperback","title":"This Life Is in Your Hands: One Dream, Sixty Acres, and a Family's Heartbreak - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMelissa Coleman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Lyrical and down-to-earth, wry and heartbreaking, \u003cem\u003eThis Life Is in Your Hands \u003c\/em\u003eis a fascinating and powerful memoir. Melissa Coleman doesn't just tell the story of her family's brave experiment and private tragedy; she brings to life an important and underappreciated chapter of our recent history.\" --Tom Perrotta \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a work of power and beauty reminiscent of Tobias Wolff, Jeannette Walls, and Dave Eggers, Melissa Coleman delivers a luminous, evocative childhood memoir exploring the hope and struggle behind her family's search for a sustainable lifestyle. With echoes of \u003cem\u003eThe Liars' Club \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight\u003c\/em\u003e, Coleman's searing chronicle tells the true story of her upbringing on communes and sustainable farms along the rugged Maine coastline in the 1970's, embedded within a moving, personal quest for truth that her experiences produced. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA true story, both tragic and redemptive, \u003cem\u003eThis Life Is in Your Hands\u003c\/em\u003e tells of the quest to make a good life, the role of fate, and the power of forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fall of 1968, Melissa Coleman's parents pack their VW truck and set out to forge a new existence on a rugged coastal homestead. Inspired by Helen and Scott Nearing, authors of the homesteading bible \u003cem\u003eLiving the Good Life\u003c\/em\u003e, Eliot and Sue build their own home by hand, live off the crops they grow, and establish a happy family with Melissa and her two sisters. They also attract national media and become icons of the back-to-the-land farming movement, but the pursuit of a purer, simpler life comes at a price. In the wake of a tragic accident, idealism gives way to human frailty, and by the fall of 1978, Greenwood Farm is abandoned. The search to understand what happened is at the heart of this luminous, heartbreaking, and ultimately redemptive memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e--Tom Perrotta, author of Little Children and The Abstinence Teacher\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA true story, both tragic and redemptive, \u003cem\u003eThis Life Is in Your Hands\u003c\/em\u003e tells of the quest to make a good life, the role of fate, and the power of forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fall of 1968, Melissa Coleman's parents pack their VW truck and set out to forge a new existence on a rugged coastal homestead. Inspired by Helen and Scott Nearing, authors of the homesteading bible \u003cem\u003eLiving the Good Life\u003c\/em\u003e, Eliot and Sue build their own home by hand, live off the crops they grow, and establish a happy family with Melissa and her two sisters. They also attract national media and become icons of the back-to-the-land farming movement, but the pursuit of a purer, simpler life comes at a price. In the wake of a tragic accident, idealism gives way to human frailty, and by the fall of 1978, Greenwood Farm is abandoned. The search to understand what happened is at the heart of this luminous, heartbreaking, and ultimately redemptive memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 10, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52915326779708,"sku":"9780061958335","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/7265\/1324\/files\/N0hMRWxnbk5qZlZ5eDhIS3lEK2JUdz09.webp?v=1774361508","url":"https:\/\/barginbooks.co\/products\/this-life-is-in-your-hands-one-dream-sixty-acres-and-a-familys-heartbreak-paperback","provider":"Books Fare ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}