Locally Laid

Author Lucie Amundsen is horrified when her husband, Jason, decides that he wants to start an egg-laying farm operation in Minnesota. He has NO farming experience! Narrator Kate Reading is excellent at capturing Amundsen's emotions as she deals with financial hardships, physical fatigue, and endless farm-related issues while discovering the joy in trying to create positive change. During the more technical passages, Reading slows the pace and reads with crisp enunciation, making the material easy to understand. Amundsen is brutally honest with the details of her personal life, as well as the realities of farm life. Many listeners will be surprised by everything involved in operating an egg farm. M.M.G. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine