{"product_id":"9781935212775","title":"Horsekeeping: One Woman's Tale of Barn and Country Life","description":"Why would successful urbanites, used to clean, controlled and orderly lives, take on the task of restoring a near collapsing empty barn littered with haphazard and decayed fencing, pastures deep in standing water, and try to turn it into a thriving horse farm?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInitially motivated only by a city dweller’s fantasy and obscure memories of childhood visits to the country, Roxanne Bok oversees the reconstruction of a thirty-seven stall barn and painstakingly discovers something about both large animals and running a small business. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollow an equine novice as she leads her equally naïve family in an eighteen-month long adventure of breathing life back into a once great horse farm in rural New England.  A thoughtfully detailed memoir, Roxanne Bok learns it all the hard way, from the agony of repeatedly being tossed off a beloved horse, to the thrill of winning a blue ribbon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor those who love horses, the dream of country life or simply the sight of an otherwise urban family on great rural adventure, here is a tale that plumbs the full range of human emotions but ends with a deepened love of the land and the extraordinary equine creatures that inhabit it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProceeds from book sales will be donated to support horse rescue charities.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Easton Studio Press, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154391744752,"sku":"9781935212775","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781935212775_p0.jpg?v=1763656344","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935212775","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}