Bean Blossom Dreams: A City Family's Search for a Simple Country Life

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Summary: A great eye opener to living life simply.
Review: Being a woman, moving from city to country less than 2 yrs ago, I can really relate & learn well from this book! Alot of Sally is Me! I am learning all the "stuff" of country life from spiders & frost, to natures death toll on the birds & beasts for survival.......It's a great book for anyone living or thinking of living in the country!!!!!!!!!! Where's BBD #2????????? t. smith of Martinsville......IN ( how do you handle rude Raccoons????).........

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Summary: Calming read
Review: I grew up in the country, so I knew Sallyann was in trouble when she named her turkeys! LOL I really did enjoy this book. I now live in the "big city" (Atlanta), and often dream of doing what the Murphey's did. I hope that if I ever get the chance, I will have neighbors as great as theirs. This is a wonderful book to read.

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Summary: Calming read
Review: I grew up in the country, so I knew Sallyann was in trouble when she named her turkeys! LOL I really did enjoy this book. I now live in the "big city" (Atlanta), and often dream of doing what the Murphey's did. I hope that if I ever get the chance, I will have neighbors as great as theirs. This is a wonderful book to read.

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Summary: Everyone's Secret Dream
Review: Isn't quitting your boring 9 to 5 office job, moving to the country and living a quieter, humbler existence, everyone's secret dream? Well it has always been one of mine, and reading this book was absolutely a treat for me. In addition to thouroughly enjoying every page of this story, I actually learned many things from this book and was delighted to find that Sallyann included her recipes and tips from the story in the back of the book (although it did mean that the book ended too soon). I was especially dying to know the recipe for her Gorganzola and Leek Soup, and now I can't wait to try it out. I will fondly remember the Murphey's story as I try out her many wonderful recipes. I look forward to her next book, and hopefully a sequel to this story is in her plans.

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Summary: Everyone's Secret Dream
Review: Isn't quitting your boring 9 to 5 office job, moving to the country and living a quieter, humbler existence, everyone's secret dream? Well it has always been one of mine, and reading this book was absolutely a treat for me. In addition to thouroughly enjoying every page of this story, I actually learned many things from this book and was delighted to find that Sallyann included her recipes and tips from the story in the back of the book (although it did mean that the book ended too soon). I was especially dying to know the recipe for her Gorganzola and Leek Soup, and now I can't wait to try it out. I will fondly remember the Murphey's story as I try out her many wonderful recipes. I look forward to her next book, and hopefully a sequel to this story is in her plans.

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Summary: A great eye opener to living life simply.
Review: This book offers insight and hope to those of us who know there is more to life than deadlines and schedules but who are not yet courageous enough to abandon our societal expectations. Murphy has captured the essence of simplicity right down to the point of taking the infinite concept of living life simply and condensing it down to 309 pages of enjoyable reading.