MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02272cam a2200337 i 4500
001 2012042425
003 DLC
005 20150107080448.0
008 121203s2013 nyu 000 1 eng
010 $a 2012042425
020 $a9780307596918 (hardback)
020 $a9780307743589 (paperback)
020 $z9780385349673 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-mi
050 00 $aHV28.L57$bA3 2013
082 00 $a630.92$aB$223
084 $aBIO022000$aBIO026000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aLink, Mardi.
245 10 $aBootstrapper :$bfrom broke to badass on a northern Michigan farm /$cMardi Jo Link.
264 1 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2013.
300 $a257 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Poignant, irreverent, and hilarious: the memoir of a mother who, after ending her nineteen-year marriage, staves off a perpetually empty bank account and, with the help of her three young sons, saves her century-old farmhouse from foreclosure and reclaims her life. It's the summer of 2005, and Mardi Jo Link's dream of living the simple life has unraveled into debt, heartbreak, and perpetually ragged cuticles. But when she and her husband call it quits, leaving her more broke than ever, Link makes a seemingly impossible resolution: to hang on to her northern Michigan farm and continue to raise her boys on well water and wood chopping and dirt. Armed with an unfailing sense of humor and three resolute accomplices, Link confronts blizzards and coyotes, learns about Zen divorce and the best way to butcher a hog, dominates a zucchini-growing contest and wins a year's supply of local bread, masters the art of bargain cooking, deals with rampaging poultry, and finds her way to a truly rich existence. Told with endless heart and candor, Bootstrapper is a story of motherhood and survival and self-discovery, of an indomitable woman who, against all the odds, holds on to what matters most"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aLink, Mardi.
600 10 $aLink, Mardi$xHomes and haunts$zMichigan.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.$2bisacsh