{"product_id":"free-range-girl-meghan-cox-gurdon-9798898950095","title":"Free Range Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poignant and affectionate memoir about a time when being young, free, and largely unsupervised was the norm, before the digital age ushered in a world of algorithms and overparenting.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in 1976, the bicentennial year, \u003ci\u003eFree Range Girl\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the year 12-year-old Meghan spent on a homestead in rural Maine with her father, who built the house by hand. A proponent of the idealistic \"back to the land\" movement of the '60s and '70s, Meghan's father hoped that renouncing modern conveniences would usher in a life of greater simplicity, authenticity, and independence. Many locals were skeptical of Meghan's father and his cohort --they were nicknamed \"The Blow-ins.\" Nevertheless, without electricity or indoor plumbing, Meghan found herself enduring--and often enjoying--a penniless and largely unsupervised childhood, in which, among other things, she blew her eyebrows off trying to cook with gas, discovered a severed pig's head in a wheelbarrow, learned to ride enormous horses with neither saddle nor helmet, and witnessed her father use a handgun to execute a misbehaving alarm clock. Meghan faces challenges beyond these -- family break-ups, a serious accident that sends her to the hospital, and her attempts to bond with new school friends -- yet she thrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a powerful and luminous look back at a childhood that could likely never happen again, providing a striking counterpoint to the screen-saturated and tightly managed childhoods of today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Meghan Cox Gurdon's \u003ci\u003eThe Enchanted Hour\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Parents and grandparents shouldn't miss \u003ci\u003eThe Enchanted Hour\u003c\/i\u003e.\" -- James Patterson, international bestselling author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Meghan Cox Gurdon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798898950095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Morehouse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Meghan Cox Gurdon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48460399608063,"sku":"9798898950095","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_02a8208c-7270-49e4-b9fe-57669056ff10.jpg?v=1777414498","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/free-range-girl-meghan-cox-gurdon-9798898950095","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}