Country Matters

by Jo Northrop

Overview

In these thoroughly engaging stories, Country Living columnist Jo Northrop shares her deeply felt convictions about the importance of a sense of place-a country place. When she became legally blind, she found that returning to the land gave her a way to heal, and here she offers her observations, some humorous, some thoughtful, of country life

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781555911508
Publisher:	Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/01/1994
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	9 Years

About the Author

After earning a journalism degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Jo Northrop embarked on a remarkable career as a professional communicator that has included work as a magazine columnist, freelance writer, radio show host, network stringer, and TV producer.

Editorial Reviews

Northrop, the writer of the longtime column in Country Living magazine known as "Simple Country Pleasures," grew up on a farm in North Carolina. In this tribute to country life, she devotes short yet descriptive chapters to the people and things that comprise so many of her memories and from which she derived so much pleasure. In addition to recounting seasonal occurrences like holiday cooking, spring cleaning, and summertime activities, the author writes at length about her pets and other animals. Her upbeat tone and the acuteness of her memories are refreshing as well as remarkable since Northrop is now legally blind. This delightful book is recommended for most public libraries. It would also be an ideal title for large print.-Elizabeth Loftus, Onondaga Cty. P.L., Syracuse, N.Y.

Library Journal

Northrop writes in her introduction that her book is an attempt to share her experiences, joys and sorrows, laughter and tears, with people who believe, or may come to believe, how much the country matters. Of the 26 pieces, 7 appeared in a column for "Country Living" magazine. The author grew up on a North Carolina farm and there are essays on her love of insects, on birds, on walking in the woods, and on Christmas. There are remembrances from her married life: of her tabby tomcat, Poo; of several Labrador retrievers; of crows; of the couple's historic stone house in Orange County, New York; of her favorite cookware; and of a fly-fishing trip down the Miramichi River in New Brunswick. Northrop also writes of her father's love of the outdoors and of his fishing trips and of her love of an old barn. Northrop's charming pieces will make city dwellers want to pack up and move to the country.

George Cohen