LAMBSQUARTERS - Scenes from a Handmade Life by McLean, Barbara - 2002

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 2002. Fine/Very Good. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.297. The author's anecdotes from her life on a farm in Grey County, Ontario. From the age of 24 her family has lived there and now 26 years later reflects on a life of watching and tending the land and developing a profound awareness of the rhythm of days and seasons and years. slight edgewear to jacket.

Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Toronto: Random House. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Printing. Hardcover. 0679311130 . New book, unmarked, in crsip dj, 298 pp .

Toronto: Random House Canada., 2002 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. 297 pp. Fine/Fine.

Random House of Canada, Limited. Used - Good.

Random House of Canada, Limited, 2002-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good.

Toronto: Random House Canada., 2002 First edition in hardcover with dust jacket. Signed by McLean on the title page. Fine/Fine.

" Subtitled "Scenes from a Handmade Life," Barbara McLean's back-to-the-land memoir Lambsquarters is constructed of numerous short sections, many of which are meditations on familiar country things: a leaning barn, a crowbar, a snapping turtle, a towering beech tree, a corduroy road. But the book comes fully alive when the author recounts her many experiences raising sheep on their southern Ontario farm, named appropriately after a local edible weed. The tales of delivering, raising, shearing, and caring for sheep and lambs have the scent of authenticity--the reader can smell wet wool and lanolin in the air of the old barn. McLean is good with a simile: a lamb born dead is "neatly contained in a pellucid envelope, as beautifully wrapped like a Japanese present"; half-grown chicks are watched by barn cats "following their moves like tennis fans." The broader considerations of life in the country are all present (weather, wildlife, social gatherings, and so on), but this book excels in its homey, almost… Read More

Random House of Canada, Limited, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. New/New. New, May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Dust Jacket. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. Subtitled "Scenes From A Handmade Life," Barbara Mclean's Back-To-The-Land Memoir Lambsquarters Is Constructed Of Numerous Short Sections, Many Of Which Are Meditations On Familiar Country Things: A Leaning Barn, A Crowbar, A Snapping Turtle, A Towering Beech Tree, A Corduroy Road. But The Book Comes Fully Alive When The Author Recounts Her Many Experiences Raising Sheep On Their Southern Ontario Farm, Named Appropriately After A Local Edible Weed. The Tales Of Delivering, Raising, Shearing, And Caring For Sheep And Lambs Have The Scent Of Authenticity--The Reader Can Smell Wet Wool And Lanolin In The Air Of The Old Barn. Mclean Is Good With A Simile: A Lamb Born Dead Is "Neatly Contained In A Pellucid Envelope, As Beautifully Wrapped As A Japanese Present"; Half-Grown Chicks Are Watched By Barn… Read More