Flat Broke with Two Goat by Jennifer McGaha
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Enjoyed this memoir of a couple who--due to financial woes/mismanagement--had to move out into the wooded hills to a leaky/smelly "old" cabin, and to forge a new way of life that was much more earthy and subsistence-level. This included trying to grow their own food, as well as raising first chickens, and then goats (and learning to make various cheeses, as well as soap). Sad story of her first abusive marriage--gets one's blood boiling for a variety of reasons, especially the level of physical abuse (violence). And then to see her 2nd marriage becoming characterized by financial abuse--very sad. But some great life lessons learned from the new lifestyle they took on--as well as a new appreciation for her ancestors and the hardships they struggled with to make ends meet. Listened to on my iPhone; borrowed from the library.


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