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SUMMARY:Visiting Author - Liese Greensfelder with Roger Holmes -- Accidental Shepherd: How a California Girl Rescued an Ancient Mountain Farm in Norway
DESCRIPTION:A summer job turns serious when a young woman takes the reins on a remote farm—and learns far more than how to herd sheep.\nIn May 1972\, twenty-year-old Liese Greensfelder arrived in a small Norwegian town prepared for her first summer farmhand job\, only to learn the startling news that she’d need to singlehandedly watch over the centuries-old farm while its owner recovered from a stroke. Confronted with dangers and obstacles for which she was utterly unprepared\, she tells a story of remarkable resilience and records the fascinating but rapidly vanishing traditions of the community that took her in.\nLiese will be in conversation with Lincoln woodworker\, writer and editor Roger Holmes.  Book signing to follow the conversation.\nMark your calendars and join us for this fascinating true tale!\nOrder your copy HERE\nAbout the Authors:\nLiese Greensfelder is a freelance writer focusing on medicine\, biology\, and agriculture. She has worked as a farm advisor for the University of California Cooperative Extension and as a science writer for UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley\, and she initiated an agricultural development project in the Guatemalan highlands. In 1975\, an epistolary account of her first six months on Johannes’s farm became a bestselling book in Norway. She lives in rural Nevada County\, California\, on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains.\nRoger Holmes\, author and furniture maker\, manages a workshop in Lincoln\, NE\, where he combines traditional handwork and contemporary technology. Author of The Woodworker’s Companion\, he has been an editor for Fine Woodworking magazine and has written extensively on furniture and furniture making.\nPraise:\n“Liese Greensfelder’s vivid writing transported me into the heart of a community still relying on sustainable\, grass-based farming practices handed down through generations. Her story of the triumphs\, catastrophes\, elation\, and heartbreak she experienced there will keep you reading to the end.” —Craig McNamara\, farmer and author of Because Our Fathers Lied: A Memoir of Truth and Family\, from Vietnam to Today\n“A sobering and insightful account of one woman’s time in a place that time forgot.” —Kirkus Reviews \n“Packed with great details and memorable characters\, Accidental Shepherd is a compelling memoir about the myriad challenges of farm life.” —Foreword Reviews
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