![]() The questions seem endless: How long before the barn roof collapses? Should they buy sheep? Will the place be good for her writing, and for her relationship with Alex? And is there any way to keep Betty the mutt and Marley the poodle from rolling in mud, leaves, and unidentified smelly remains? ![]() So she drags her boyfriend Alex, a committed urban dweller with zero agricultural awareness who owns a poodle, into her scheme, hoping that love will somehow conquer all.īut buying a postcard-fifty acres of scenery-and living on it are two entirely different matters. ![]() And in that moment she knows that this is the spot where her future begins. The place is almost too perfect to be believed, but there it is: a pretty-as-a-picture-postcard farm, with an Amish barn, a chestnut grove, and vistas so beautiful, they take her breath away. Until a hot summer afternoon led to a drive in the country, where a place that had existed only in her fantasies turned out to be real-and for sale. A dream she never ever expected to come true. A dream she would discover was about something more profound than that. A dream of fleeing her otherwise happy urban life for fresh air and open space. ![]() Jeanne Marie Laskas had dreams of life on a farm that she couldn't get out of her head. ![]()
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