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At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream: Misadventures in Search of...
by Rouse, Wade | PB | Good
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
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- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9780307451910
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Crown Publishing Group, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
0307451917
ISBN-13
9780307451910
eBay Product ID (ePID)
79723237
Product Key Features
Book Title
At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream : Misadventures in Search of the Simple Life
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Topic / Men, Women & Relationships, Personal Memoirs, Literary, American / General, Life Stages / Mid-Life
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Literary Criticism, Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, Humor
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-502284
Reviews
"This is David Sedaris meets Dave Barry….every page is good for a laugh." Library Journal "Rouse chronicles the hilarious escapades of these 'two neurotic urbanites' as they ensconce themselves in the woods without magazine subscriptions, malls, Trader Joe's, HGTV, or lattes. Rouse feels like a Martian confronting the locals at the general store, and suffers extreme anxiety when attempting ice fishing or karaoke. Gay or straight, any reader who has tried to 'fit in' somewhere outside his or her comfort zone will readily empathize with Rouse's rousing and ultimately successful lifestyle change." Booklist "Wade Rouse is a true oddball: half Henry David Thoreau, half Oliver Wendell Douglas. AT LEAST IN THE CITY SOMEONE WOULD HEAR ME SCREAM is a funny, good-natured chronicle of a fish out of water, slowly learning to breathe." Tom Perrotta, bestselling author ofElection,Little Children, andThe Abstinence Teacher "In AT LEAST IN THE CITY SOMEONE WOULD HEAR ME SCREAM, Wade Rouse's inner Eddie Albert does battle with his inner Eva Gabor. I won't tell you who wins, but the fight is immensely entertaining." A.J. Jacobs, bestselling author ofThe Year of Living Biblically "Somewhere between Thoreau'sWalden Pondand Oliver Douglas'sGreen Acreslies Wade Rouse. In AT LEAST IN THE CITY SOMEONE WOULD HEAR ME SCREAM,Rouse details his quest to shed the trappings of his fabulous life to live more simply… except no one told him how hard the simple life would be. Rouse is a master raconteur and his transition from city slicker to country mouse is filled with side-spitting humor, heart, and, of course, bands of marauding raccoons. This book has now taken its place at the top of my favorites list!" -Jen Lancaster, bestselling author ofSuch a Pretty FatandPretty in Plaid, "This is David Sedaris meets Dave Barry....every page is good for a laugh." Library Journal "Rouse chronicles the hilarious escapades of these 'two neurotic urbanites' as they ensconce themselves in the woods without magazine subscriptions, malls, Trader Joe's, HGTV, or lattes. Rouse feels like a Martian confronting the locals at the general store, and suffers extreme anxiety when attempting ice fishing or karaoke. Gay or straight, any reader who has tried to 'fit in' somewhere outside his or her comfort zone will readily empathize with Rouse's rousing and ultimately successful lifestyle change." Booklist "Wade Rouse is a true oddball: half Henry David Thoreau, half Oliver Wendell Douglas. AT LEAST IN THE CITY SOMEONE WOULD HEAR ME SCREAM is a funny, good-natured chronicle of a fish out of water, slowly learning to breathe." Tom Perrotta, bestselling author of Election , Little Children , and The Abstinence Teacher "In AT LEAST IN THE CITY SOMEONE WOULD HEAR ME SCREAM, Wade Rouse's inner Eddie Albert does battle with his inner Eva Gabor. I won't tell you who wins, but the fight is immensely entertaining." A.J. Jacobs, bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically "Somewhere between Thoreau's Walden Pond and Oliver Douglas's Green Acres lies Wade Rouse. In AT LEAST IN THE CITY SOMEONE WOULD HEAR ME SCREAM , Rouse details his quest to shed the trappings of his fabulous life to live more simply... except no one told him how hard the simple life would be. Rouse is a master raconteur and his transition from city slicker to country mouse is filled with side-spitting humor, heart, and, of course, bands of marauding raccoons. This book has now taken its place at the top of my favorites list!" Jen Lancaster, bestselling author of Such a Pretty Fat and Pretty in Plaid From the Hardcover edition., "This is David Sedaris meets Dave Barry….every page is good for a laugh." Library Journal "Rouse chronicles the hilarious escapades of these 'two neurotic urbanites' as they ensconce themselves in the woods without magazine subscriptions, malls, Trader Joe's, HGTV, or lattes. Rouse feels like a Martian confronting the locals at the general store, and suffers extreme anxiety when attempting ice fishing or karaoke. Gay or straight, any reader who has tried to 'fit in' somewhere outside his or her comfort zone will readily empathize with Rouse's rousing and ultimately successful lifestyle change." Booklist "Wade Rouse is a true oddball: half Henry David Thoreau, half Oliver Wendell Douglas. AT LEAST IN THE CITY SOMEONE WOULD HEAR ME SCREAM is a funny, good-natured chronicle of a fish out of water, slowly learning to breathe." Tom Perrotta, bestselling author of Election , Little Children , and The Abstinence Teacher "In AT LEAST IN THE CITY SOMEONE WOULD HEAR ME SCREAM, Wade Rouse's inner Eddie Albert does battle with his inner Eva Gabor. I won't tell you who wins, but the fight is immensely entertaining." A.J. Jacobs, bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically "Somewhere between Thoreau's Walden Pond and Oliver Douglas's Green Acres lies Wade Rouse. In AT LEAST IN THE CITY SOMEONE WOULD HEAR ME SCREAM , Rouse details his quest to shed the trappings of his fabulous life to live more simply… except no one told him how hard the simple life would be. Rouse is a master raconteur and his transition from city slicker to country mouse is filled with side-spitting humor, heart, and, of course, bands of marauding raccoons. This book has now taken its place at the top of my favorites list!" -Jen Lancaster, bestselling author of Such a Pretty Fat and Pretty in Plaid From the Hardcover edition.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
977.4/104044092 [B]
Synopsis
We all dream about it, but Wade Rouse actually did it. Discover his journey to live the simple life in this hilarious memoir. Finally fed up with the frenzy of city life and a job he hates, Wade Rouse decided to make either the bravest decision of his life or the worst mistake since his botched Ogilvie home perm: to uproot his life and try, as Thoreau did some 160 years earlier, to "live a plain, simple life in radically reduced conditions." In this rollicking and hilarious memoir, Wade and his partner, Gary, leave culture, cable, and consumerism behind and strike out for rural Michigan--a place with fewer people than in their former spinning class. There, Wade discovers the simple life isn't so simple. Battling blizzards, bloodthirsty critters, and nosy neighbors equipped with night-vision goggles, Wade and his spirit, sanity, relationship, and Kenneth Cole pointy-toed boots are sorely tested with humorous and humiliating frequency. And though he never does learn where his well water actually comes from or how to survive without Kashi cereal, he does discover some things in the woods outside his knotty-pine cottage in Saugatuck, Michigan, that he always dreamed of but never imagined he'd find-happiness and a home. At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream is a sidesplitting and heartwarming look at taking a risk, fulfilling a dream, and finding a home-with very thick and very dark curtains.
LC Classification Number
HQ75.8.R677A3 2010
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