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The Dirty Life
On Farming, Food, and Love
Book Summary
Documents the first year spent by the Harvard-graduate author with her new husband on their sustainable farm in the Adirondacks, describing how she withdrew from big-city life to be married in their barn loft, the difficult obstacles they faced attempting to provide a whole diet for one hundred locals, and the rewards of a physical-labor lifestyle.
This book is about:
- Organic farming,
- Essex,
- Organic farmers,
- Kimball, Kristin,
- New York (State),
- Farm life,
- Biography
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'The Dirty Life': From City Girl To Hog Butcher
November 15, 2010 In her memoir, The Dirty Life, former Manhattan travel writer Kristin Kimball recounts her move from the big city to a muddy farm — with a love story along the way.
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