Catherine Friend, Author . Da Capo Lifelong $24 (291p) ISBN 978-1-60094-007-1
As a former city-dweller and self-described “lesbian, Elvis-loving shepherd,” Friend has a unique and intimate perspective on the morals, economics and practicalities of raising and eating meat humanely. With low-key, Midwestern humor,...
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Catherine Friend. Da Capo, $15.95 trade paper (256p) ISBN 978-0-306-81844-8
In this follow-up to her first memoir, Hit by a Farm, Friend details the challenges of balancing a writing career with sheep farming in southeastern Minnesota, where she lives with her partner, Melissa. As she ponders the content and meaning of her...
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Catherine Friend, Author, Dan Yaccarino, Author, Dan Yaccarino, Illustrator Hyperion Books $13.95 (1p) ISBN 978-1-56282-473-0
Two children ice-fishing with their grandfather express their dread of the watery depths in this playful story. ``The ice, two feet thick, shimmered a strange blue and white. The water was dark and mysterious,'' writes Friend (My Head Is Full of...
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Catherine Friend, read by the author. Dog Ear Audio, unabridged, six CDs, 7 hrs., $24.95 ISBN 978-1-935061-13-7
In Catherine Friend’s memoir, she and life partner Melissa Peteler decide to live out the latter’s longtime dream and become farmers in Minnesota. While Peteler has some experience with animals, Friend has almost none. Nevertheless, the pair buys a...
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Catherine Friend, Author, Kiki, Author, Kiki, Illustrator Hyperion Books $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56282-360-3
Like the protagonist's head, this first book is full of colors . . . and patterns and more colors and patterns. Kiki, who is known for her T-shirts and greeting cards, brings some--but not enough--relief to Friend's preachy story with jolly,...
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