World Gone Beautiful: Life Along the Rum River

I am a voracious reader and it is one of my greatest pleasures...and this book is marvelous, a wee bit David Sedaris-esque, very honest insights about life on the land, marriage, being a mother..author has a great sense of humor and is at times so honest it makes you blush, a very intimate memoir about living, parenting and loving within an intentional, green community along the Rum River in rural Minnesota. Parents will love it, wives will love it, baby boomers will love it,naturalists will love it, the green community will...well you get my meaning..can't recommend it highly enough...your life will be richer for having read this book!!

World Gone Beautiful is what good memoir is to me - a walk down a road not taken lead by an intensely honest and insightful soul. I loved learning about Linda Buturain's experience creating a community with three other couples/families on 80 acres along the wild Rum River in Minnesota. World Gone Beautiful spoke to my heart about living on the land gently and preserving whenever possible large expanses of natural space. This book is a window into a beautiful soul, an author willing to expose her vulnerabilities, passions, and joys. Thank you Linda Buturain for World Gone Beautiful.