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

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

By: Wade Rouse  

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Description:
We all dream it.
Wade Rouse actually did it.

Finally fed up with the frenzy of city life and a job he hates, Wade Rouse decided to make either the bravest decision of his life or the worst mistake since his botched Ogilvie home perm: to uproot his life and try, as Thoreau did some 160 years earlier, to "live a plain, simple life in radically reduced conditions."

In this rollicking and hilarious memoir, Wade and his partner, Gary, leave culture, cable, and consumerism behind and strike out for rural Michigan–a place with fewer people than in their former spinning class. There, Wade discovers the simple life isn’t so simple. Battling blizzards, bloodthirsty critters, and nosy neighbors equipped with night-vision goggles, Wade and his spirit, sanity, relationship, and Kenneth Cole pointy-toed boots are sorely tested with humorous and humiliating frequency. And though he never does learn where his well water actually comes from or how to survive without Kashi cereal, he does discover some things in the woods outside his knotty-pine cottage in Saugatuck, Michigan, that he always dreamed of but never imagined he’d find–happiness and a home.

At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream is a sidesplitting and heartwarming look at taking a risk, fulfilling a dream, and finding a home–with very thick and very dark curtains.


Publisher: Harmony

Release Date: 2009-06-02

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Laugh out loud - It is a rare author that can make me laugh out loud. And not just once, but throughout the book! Wade Rouse has a delightful sense of humor and is an incredibly gifted writer. I am now anxious to visit Michigan thanks to this book.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Great Book would recommend to ALL. Two thumbs up~!!!!!!!! - Great Book. Couldn't put it down becuase I was laughing so hard and wanted to see what would happen next. Would recommend to ALL

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Atleast In the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream - Hilarious! I couldn't put the book down. I could identify with having a hard time living in the country since I've always lived in the city. Part of me would like to live in the country but I can imagine the funny things that happened to them happening to me. As soon as I finished reading the book I mailed it to my brother for him and his friend to read it outloud. They also loved it.

Customer Review: 3 out of 5
Hilarious at times, dull at others - A funny memoir about a male (and gay) Carrie Bradshaw wanna-be trying to make it in the woods of Michigan. His descriptions of coastal Michigan and woods surrounding his home were great. Made me want to move to Michigan -- and I already live there. Rouse is at his best when he is being humorous. His description of he and his partner's first foray into Wal-mart is hilarious. However, his attempts at being a deep thinker along the lines of Thoreau miss the mark. He just comes off as disingenuous in his motivations and musings.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Hilarious and Poignant - There are not many instances where I find myself laughing out loud while reading. To my delight, this happened quite a few times with Wade Rouse's memoir. But, what made the book especially wonderful was the author's willingness to also share his most personal emotions and insights. For me, therefore, "...Hear Me Scream..." was an adventure of life's polarities: the yin and the yang. Wanting to know more about the author, I discovered his blog, which happily continues my enjoyment of his talents.

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