{"product_id":"siesta-lane-amy-minato-9781602393288","title":"Siesta Lane: A Year Unplugged, Or, the Good Intentions of Ten People, Two Cats, One Old Dog, Eight Acres, One Telephone, Three Cars, and Twenty Miles","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Equal parts sweet and serious...will make many folks think about their lives in new ways.\"--Bill McKibben\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA poet at heart, Amy Minato rejects her life of consumption in Chicago to go back to nature - specifically, to a commune in Oregon, where she rediscovers herself. She also cops occasionally to the pretentiousness of her mission, and laughs along with the reader at her attempts to be both environmentally friendly and sane, considering the fact that she's moved in with a bunch of strangers in a remote locale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJan Muir, a relative of the great environmentalist John Muir, lends her beautiful black-and-white illustrations to the book. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with a grace and clarity of vision reminiscent of Annie Dillard's prose, \u003ci\u003eSiesta Lane\u003c\/i\u003e is both a practical case study in living green, and the heartwarming story of a modern idealist who dives headfirst into the fray and discovers just what it takes to live a year unplugged. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a must-read for armchair adventurers and a perfect, engaging primer for anyone who wants to stride confidently into the new, environmentally-conscious 21st century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Minato\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1602393281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781602393288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Skyhorse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/29\/2008 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2008 pg. 1104\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2008 pg. 137\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2009 pg. 164","brand":"Amy Minato","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425338212607,"sku":"9781602393288","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0b67e450-c037-461b-a625-923b43997193.jpg?v=1761538544","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/siesta-lane-amy-minato-9781602393288","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}