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Ladataan... Simple Living: One Couple's Search for a Better Life (alkuperäinen julkaisuvuosi 1992; vuoden 1993 painos)Tekijä: Frank Levering, Wanda Urbanska
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. A beautifully written memoir of “one couple’s search for a better life”, in which the authors give up the rat race of 1980’s Hollywood to move to the husband’s childhood home and orchard in Appalachian, North Carolina to help his family. This book was written from the heart, which was almost always a good thing; save for the occasional tangent telling something that you could see was very important to the teller but didn’t add much to the story. I believe that I, and other readers, can take several practical suggestions and ideologies from this book and make them my own to bring greater sense of self-worth rather than net-worth to my own life. I loved the “research” that went into this book in interviewing others who had made the leap and add credence that it really can be done and for the better. I also enjoyed the background of the Quaker religion for which the husband’s father was involved, having not known much about that sect previously. näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
Self-Improvement.
Nonfiction.
HTML: Originally published in 1992, long before "simple living" became a hot marketing trend, this groundbreaking work eloquently makes the case for a simpler, less stressful life. Told by Frank Levering and Wanda Urbanska, a literary couple who met as students at Harvard and moved from the fast lane in Los Angeles to take over a family orchard in southwestern Virginia, Simple Living is the story of their decision to put more meaning into their lives while eliminating unnecessary debt and superfluous consumption, as well as lessening their environmental footprint. Levering and Urbanska have written what many have hailed as a classic in the field: a personal yet grittily realistic memoir about their quest for more meaningful values in a consumer-driven society. Theirs is an honest account of what it means to live not outside the system but within it while at the same time claiming one's own values. While simple living has many definitions, Levering and Urbanska identify its focus as environmental stewardship, thoughtful consumption, community activism, and financial responsibility. Drawing on case studies of others throughout the country who are choosing to simplify, Simple Living suggests ways that you can simplify your life, not by any 10-step plan but by taking measures that make sense for you. As relevant today as when it was first published, Simple Living is reprinted here with a new preface by the authors and a foreword by Millard and Linda Fuller, founders of Habitat for Humanity International. .Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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I found them very relatable. They did not get 'preachy' about their simplifying process; in fact, they seemed as reluctant as the average person might be in the beginning.
I have one tiny complaint - they wrote this book together and used 'we' all the time. I think it would have been more effective if they had alternated chapters so we could have heard each of their individual voices. One paragraph would say "Frank did this..." and I would picture Wanda talking, while the very next paragraph said "Wanda was having trouble with this...". I found that to be a little confusing. But in spite of that complaint, I found the book a pleasure to read. ( )