Bootstrapper - Mardi Jo Link
Fat pigs, crazy roosters, monster squash, and day-old loaves of bread will never look---or taste---the same after reading Mardi Jo Link’s Bootstrapper: From Broke to Badass on a Northern Michigan Farm. This honest and irreverent memoir of divorce, child-rearing, and housekeeping is a stark reminder of what it’s like to live on the financial edge. With a perpetually overdue gas bill, three hungry, growing boys, a wrecked credit rating and a small but steady streak of bad luck, Link crafts a heartwarming, and heartbreaking, memoir in the vein of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild and Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love, except that instead of hitting the road, she’s determined to stay put.