First published 2024
Edmund Morris stands in his muddy field, staring at the broken irrigation line that threatens his entire harvest. He bought these ten acres outside town with grand plans to prove that small-scale farming could sustain a family. His wife Sarah watches their savings dwindle as Edmund battles drought, equipment failures, and his own inexperience. The neighbors think he's foolish for leaving his office job, and some days Edmund agrees with them. Each season brings new challenges that test his resolve and his marriage. Weeds choke his crops, animals raid his garden, and the bank sends increasingly urgent letters. But Edmund discovers something unexpected in the soil and sweat. Between the failures and small victories, he finds a different measure of success than the one he left behind in his corporate life. This is a story about the distance between dreams and dirt, and what grows in that space.
Genres: family-life, american-fiction, agriculture, biography-memoir
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: Ten Acres, Town
Period: 20th-century
216 pages · Paperback · Knowledge Keepers Bookstore