Locally Laid

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“I absolutely loved Locally Laid! Read it in two days and enjoyed every minute. Funny and informative.”

“Locally Laid is as entertaining as it is thought-provoking. With candor, humor, and a distinctly midwestern irreverence, Lucie B. Amundsen chronicles her family’s earnest effort to bring some sanity back to the food system.”

“Written with candor, sarcasm, and humor, Locally Laid is, to pluck a phrase from the book, an immersion into ‘a loud, flustery poultry tsunami.’ It cures one of any residual romantic notions of playing farmer; makes one appreciate afresh how grueling and risky it is to operate a midsize family farm; and explains why their products are more expensive.”

“Narrator Kate Reading is excellent at capturing Amundsen’s emotions…During the more technical passages, Reading slows the pace and reads with crisp enunciation, making the material easy to understand.”

“In this honest, chronological memoir, Amundsen shares her knowledge and wisdom as co-owner of Minnesota-based Locally Laid Egg Company…Her first-person narrative makes her experience as a business owner in this industry informative yet accessible while also including humor.”

“[A] rollercoaster pastured-poultry farm start-up memoir. Locally Laid is a perfect example of why farm apprenticeships are so important. Seldom will nonfiction keep you from going to bed at night: Locally Laid will definitely keep you up!”

“As a ‘remedial adult’ with chickens, I heartily commend you to the words, wisdom, and knowledge of Lucie B. Amundsen, an author whose voice is as earthy as a chicken run, as goofy and bright as a pasture-raised egg yolk at sunrise, and as down-to-earth as barn boots in mud.”

“Witty and eye-opening, Locally Laid is a gem. I found myself rooting for this couple of lunatics who get into the egg business in the most unlikely of places, in the most unlikely of circumstances. Lucie B. Amundsen, aka Bird, is utterly uninhibited and quite hilarious.”

“Lucie Amundsen’s refreshingly honest account of starting a mid-sized farm will resonate with any business owner. She brings the perfect measure of levity to her tale, keeping the reader laughing during even the most tense moments of this true-to-life story.”

“The author’s skepticism and her husband’s optimism collide to create a laughable, empathetic tale of re-education for (wo)man and beast…Don’t let Amundsen’s self-deprecating humor fool you into taking this book lightly. In between capers, she makes a nuanced plea to respect local farms and the animals that populate them.”

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