{"product_id":"cabin-isbn-9780143122081","title":"Cabin","description":"\u003cb\u003e Inspired by his \u003ci\u003eFrom the Ground Up\u003c\/i\u003e blog for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, a  beautifully written memoir about building and brotherhood  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfronted with the disappointments and knockdowns that can come in  middle age—job loss, the death of his mother, a health scare, a  divorce—Lou Ureneck needed a project that would engage the better part of him and put him back in life's good graces. City-bound for a decade,  Lou decided he needed to build a simple post-and-beam cabin in the  woods. He bought five acres in the hills of western Maine and asked his  younger brother, Paul, to help him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty years earlier the brothers had built a house together. Now  Lou saw working with Paul as a way to reconnect with their shared  history and to rediscover his truest self. As the brothers—with the  help of Paul's sons—undertake the challenging construction, nothing  seems to go according to plan. But as they raise the cabin, Ureneck  eloquently reveals his own evolving insights into the richness and  complexity of family relationships, the healing power of nature, and  the need to root oneself in a place one can call home. With its  exploration of the satisfaction of building and of physical labor,  \u003ci\u003eCabin\u003c\/i\u003e will also appeal to readers of Robert Pirsig's \u003ci\u003eZen and  the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,\u003c\/i\u003e Matthew Crawford's \u003ci\u003eShop Class  as Soulcraft,\u003c\/i\u003e and Tracy Kidder's \u003ci\u003eHouse\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e“Terrific . . . bracing, beautiful, and profoundly heart-felt . . . Ureneck has an immensely observant eye for the richness of nature.”  -\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"An exceptional book . . . Ureneck succeeds in delivering an almost tangible experience of escape…Ureneck strikes a pitch-perfect balance in relating the construction of a cabin and the changes going on in his life . . . as close as a book could come to really capturing that feeling of going to the woods to live deliberately.” -\u003ci\u003eThe Minneapolis Star Tribune\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Beautifully written . . . a multilayered memoir laced with rich veins of natural history . . . Ureneck shows a gift for emotional exploration and unflinching remembrance…he is a keen observer, blessed and cursed with extraordinary recall and sensitivity.” -\u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Like a shelter magazine with soul . . . Ureneck’s account is enriched by pleasing vignettes and family history.”  -\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A book to be savored and absorbed, piece by piece . . . Ureneck is a thinking man’s outdoor writer . . . his words are chosen precisely, a clear product of careful contemplation about the task at hand and the point he is trying to make . . . [An] ultimately uplifting book about the ability of people to face challenges and make worthwhile changes, and the restorative powers that magically exist, waiting to be harnessed, deep in the Maine woods.” -\u003ci\u003eThe Bangor Daily News\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Graceful . . . an inspiring literary construction that lovingly illuminates the depth of family bonds and the character and culture of the New England countryside.” -\u003ci\u003eNational Geographic Traveler\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Ureneck takes advantage of the memoir’s flexible form to dip into his past, both distant and recent, which gives the story a rich texture. Ureneck is a sensitive narrator, somewhat wounded by life, and this sensitivity is a strength of the book.” -\u003ci\u003eDown East Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLou Ureneck is a journalism professor at Boston  University and a former newspaper editor at the  \u003ci\u003ePortland Press Herald\u003c\/i\u003e in Maine and the \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia  Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e. His first book, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBackcast: Fatherhood, Fly-fishing, and a River Journey Through the Heart of Alaska\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e,  received the 2007 National Outdoor Book Award. He lives in Boston and  near Bethel, Maine.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304824918245,"sku":"NP9780143122081","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143122081.jpg?v=1767723251","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/cabin-isbn-9780143122081","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}