Wholesale States of Grace: Encounters with Real Yankees

Open this book and discover a treasure chest of personalities. Meet gardeners, beekeepers, magicians, authors, boat builders, historians, poets, fishermen, a slave’s daughter, and a very special shepherdess. Meet a man who can turn recyclables into museum pieces. Wade in a swamp in search of turtles. Drive into the wilds of Maine in search of honey. Change a high school. Gather wild mushrooms. Climb a mountain. And be healed. All while sitting in your favorite chair. Thirty-two memorable characters, taken from thirty years of Edie Clark’s archives. Come along for a sweet ride throughout New England, all through the decades. Each chapter includes an update, the answer to the question: what happened next? About the author: Edie Clark was an award-winning feature writer for Yankee Magazine. Her previous books include The View from Mary's Farm and Saturday Beans, Sunday Suppers