{"product_id":"9781578264704","title":"Sylvia's Farm: The Journal of an Improbable Shepherd","description":"“For  those unfamiliar with Sylvia, discovering her stories is like  stumbling  into a fully loaded wild blackberry patch—impossible to rush  through,  sweetly fulfilling, with an immediate longing to return to  them again  and again.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Joshua Kilmer-Purcell, \u003ci\u003eThe Fabulous Beekman Boys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis  collection of stories chronicling Sylvia Jorrín's life on the farm  provides comfort and inspiration to all those searching for meaning in  life's many blessings\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe world of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvia's Farm\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich landscape of natural beauty and simple pleasures. Sylvia  Jorrín never expected to become the first woman in the New York City  Watershed to solely own and operate a large livestock farm. But first  the farm, and then farm life, captured her heart as it has captured the  hearts of all those who have read her book. Through unexpected surprises  and unanticipated hardships, Sylvia Jorrín has grown into the epitome  of the one thing she never expected to be: a farmer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a  devoted following of readers inspired by her underlying appreciation of  the world around her, Sylvia's Farm is the sort of ageless story that  any reader can pick up and enjoy. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvia's Farm\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is, to  quote Kirkus Reviews, \"The delight-filled education of an  out-of-the-clue shepherdess....\" consisting of \"....fine-grained, honest  rural sketches, on a par with Noel Perrin and Don Mitchell.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvia's Farm\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a contemporary account of rural farm life and all of the sometimes  beautiful, always meaningful lessons that it continues to teach. Told in  short vignettes that span over more than a decade, it is a journal of  growth, persistence, and the unexpected joys that a new day can bring.","brand":"Hatherleigh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137805631728,"sku":"9781578264704","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781578264704_p0.jpg?v=1763795307","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781578264704","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}