At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream: Misadventures in Search of the Simple Life

I'm adding a 5 star review to Wade Rouse's ode to Thoreau and his Walden Pond experience. Rouse and his partner, Gary, moved from the city lights(?) of St Louis to the Saugatuck, Michigan rural area. Buying a cabin on four acres outside the city limits, both men made friends with animals, other people - both year-rounders and summer residents - and, themselves. Rouse writes with an often dead-panned wit that had me - queen... Read Full Review

I read Confessions of a Prep School Mommy Handler first, and thought it was great. When I looked to see if Wade Rouse had written anything else, I was thrilled to find this new book. First of all, he went out and did something I have always dreamed about - chucking the city life and immersing oneself in rural culture. I read a lot of books on this topic, and this is the funniest one by far, but it's more than funny. Wade... Read Full Review

"there's a raccoon on my head. and i don't particularly look good in hats. especially when they're still moving." and that is how wade rouse got me started on his memoir, laughing my you know what off. this is what it is all about. you can either feel sorry for the 40 year old gay men who is freaking out about life, or you can laugh about all the funny things we encounter in life that he so eloquently puts on the page. if... Read Full Review

When was the last time you read a memoir that begins with an angry raccoon perched on the author's head? That's the opening scene of Wade Rouse's new book and one of many, both hilarious and wise, that make this a memorable story about living your dreams and in the process discovering a new life. Despite the inspiration supplied by his grandmother's passion for Henry David Thoreau's WALDEN, Wade Rouse is an unlikely heir... Read Full Review