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As Mike and I left our urban professions and moved miles from pavement deep into the Ozark mountains to create and cultivate new lives, I began writing it all down as The Stone County News. With much encouragement and extensive help from friends, these early newsletters were edited into my first book. Here is the jacket, and part of the blurb on the back cover:

This book is guaranteed: if you don't laugh out loud or find it a delight, return it and your money will be cheerfully refunded. Cowan's unique, strong voice lets you see, like a live performance, the adventures and challenges she and her husband face as they leave behind careers, cities, and pavement to create new lives. Her conversational style will remind you of letters from a favorite cousin as she weaves profound insights into whacky situations. Open descriptions of the hard confrontations and choices in her marriage, life, and cultural changes are right next to recipes for custard pie and potato soup. Wine enthusiasts, exhausted professionals dreaming of escape, sailors, artists, couples determined to stay married, gardeners, pet lovers, and everyone who enjoys true adventure gone awry will relate to this exceptionally personal journal. Charmed, they may find themselves comparing Cowan's work to Erma Bombeck, Garrison Keillor, or Anne Lamott.