A review by khchristensen
Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm, by Mardi Jo Link
2.0
Growing up on a "farm"* in Michigan, I hoped to enjoy this book more than I did. As much as I wanted to sympathize with the author I just couldn't. I mean, come on-- [SPOILER ALERT] who orders chickens through the mail and expects them to arrive as fully grown hens? I found her anecdotes to be mildly entertaining at best, boring at worst.
*Not a working farm--the house and outbuildings (barns, no silo) were 100+ years old when I lived there and the only animals we had were laying hens. No horses, cows or pigs. Chickens are really gross, by the way.
*Not a working farm--the house and outbuildings (barns, no silo) were 100+ years old when I lived there and the only animals we had were laying hens. No horses, cows or pigs. Chickens are really gross, by the way.