While perhaps best known as a food writer, Pollan penned “A Place of My Own” in 1997, subtitled “The Education of an Inexperienced Builder.”
In my own case, there came a moment, a few years shy of my fortieth birthday, on the verge of making several large changes in my life– when the notion of a room of my own and specifically of a little wood frame hut in the woods behind my house began to occupy my imaginings with mounting insistence….I wanted not only a rooom of my own, but a room of my own making. I wanted to build this place myself.
Pollan’s book is more about philosophy and architecture than a step by step guide, but readers who enjoy him may enjoy getting to another side of his thinking.
A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder
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I read this book when it first came out, long before Pollan became famous for writing about agriculture. I enjoyed it very much. And I do think there’s a connection to his writing about farming – in the sense of things done rightly and with care. Good book.