Book Review: The Good Life

The Good Life by Helen Nearing

My review

rating: 4 of 5 stars
The ideas presented in this book were both daring and delightful. It was such an appropriate read for the financial scare we've been in (and comforting!. How empowering that two people with no farming experience learned to care for themselves and their community through their studies and just trial and error. I picked up a ton of tips in this book that can help even the deepest city dweller appreciate the world around them and communities they live in. The book also helped me understand why some people choose to live outside the concrete jungle. I won't lie- they do paint a fairly romantic picture of a simple way of living off of the land in the country and, as they point their fingers away from materialism, I wonder if every Christian couldn't learn a little something from the Nearings. It was a very refreshing read.


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