Jennifer Richardson

Americashire (eBook, ePUB)

a Field Guide to a Marriage

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

When an American woman and her British husband decide to buy a two-hundred-year-old cottage in the heart of the Cotswolds, they're hoping for an escape from their London lives. Instead, their decision about whether or not to have a child plays out against a backdrop of village fêtes, rural rambles, and a cast of eccentrics clad in corduroy and tweed. Americashire: A Field Guide to a Marriage begins with the simultaneous purchase of a Cotswold cottage and Richardson's ill-advised decision to tell her grandchild-hungry parents that she is going to try to have a baby. As she transitions from urban to rural life, she is forced to confront both her ambivalence about the idea of motherhood and the reality of living with a spouse who suffers from depression. Then, just when she is finally settling into English country life, she is struck by an attack of non-alcohol-related slurring that turns out to be a symptom of multiple sclerosis. Her indecision about moving forward with motherhood is brought to a head when her neurologist tells her that pregnancy may actually decrease her risk of developing full-blown MS. Part memoir, part travelogueand including field guides to narrative-related Cotswold walks--Americashire is a candid, compelling tale of marriage, illness, and difficult life decisions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. April 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781938314315
• Artikelnr.: 41345738

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Richardson is an American Anglophile who spent three years living in a Cotswold village populated by fumbling aristocrats, gentlemen farmers, and a village idiot. She is married to an Englishman who provides her with ample writing material. She currently resides in Santa Monica, California with her husband and her royal wedding tea towel collection. You can find her on Twitter @baronessbarren.

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Contents
Part One: Weekender
Pink Foil Strips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 3
A House with a Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 7
Fairs and F.tes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 11
Irish Nachos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 17
The £400 Fruitcake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 21
Field Guide Number One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 27
Rural Retail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 31
Horse Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 37
The Strange Customs of the English at Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Field Guide Number Two . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 51
New Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 55
The Mistress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 59
The Cotswold Cult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 63
Autumn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 69
Gluttony in Gloucestershire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 75
Checkpoint Charlie with Palm Trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
83
Part Two: In Residence
New Job, New Nemesis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 91
Communion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 95
Field Guide Number Three . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 99
Cockaleekie, Neeps, and Tatties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 103
Sunday Lunch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 107
Citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 111
The Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 117
Big Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 121
The Grand National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 125
Les Ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 129
This Little Piggy Went to Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 135
The Game Fair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 141
The Not-So-Simple Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 145
Field Guide Number Four . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . 149