What ensues is a crash course in both living off and with the land that ultimately allows Catherine to help fulfill Melissa's dreams while not losing sight of her own. When self-confessed "urban bookworm" Catherine Friend's partner of twelve years decides she wants to fulfill her lifelong dream of owning a farm, Catherine agrees.
I was there with my partner Melissa, the woman I'd lived with for twelve years, because we were going to start a farm. This took place one blustery November day when I joined other shepherd-wannabees for a class on the basics of raising sheep. Mine began crumbling the day I knelt behind a male sheep, reached between his legs, and squeezed his testicles. There, she raises sheep, goats, and llamas, and has an energetic border collie named Robin.About the Book Farms have fences.
When it comes to her writing, Catherine Friend likes to try new things and seek new challenges - but she always likes to write stories that make her laugh.Ĭatherine Friend lives on a small farm in southeastern Minnesota - which inspired both THE PERFECT NEST and HIT BY A FARM. She is also the author of the acclaimed adult memoir, HIT BY A FARM: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BARN. Since then, the author has written six children's books, including THE PERFECT NEST, a hilarious read-aloud illustrated by John Manders and two books in Candlewick’s Brand New Readers series. She studied Economics, but because of her love for books and stories, she eventually found herself drawn to writing. She was slightly shy as a child, but enjoyed playing Beauty Parlor with her sister, taking family trips, and watching STAR TREK and TIME TUNNEL. She read so much her parents had to set a "no-reading-at-the dinner-table" rule. Catherine Friend had what she calls a "boring" childhood, but she says that boring was just fine - because it gave her more time to read.
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