Possum living
Subtitle: how to live well without a job and with (almost) no money
By: by Dolly Freed
Edition: Tin House Books ed.
Publisher: Tin House Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780982053935
Description: Freed guides readers on how to buy and maintain a home, dress well, stay healthy, save money, and be lazy, proud, miserly, and honest, all while enjoying leisure and keeping up a middle-class façade. Possum Living instructs on practical matters, including how to grow and can food, raise and slaughter rabbits, catch and cook fish and turtles, and distill your own moonshine.
Table of contents: title: We quite the rat race; title: The cost of living; title: Income; title: We rassle with our consciences; title: Meat; title: Fish; title: Gardening; title: Grain; title: Groceries; title: Preserving food; title: Nutrition; title: The "necessities of life"; title: Housing; title: Heating; title: Electricity; title: Clothing; title: Transportation; title: Law; title: Health and medicine; title: Daily living.