{"product_id":"cabin-two-brothers-a-dream-and-five-acres-in-maine-9780143122081","title":"Cabin: Two Brothers, a Dream, and Five Acres in Maine","description":"\u003cb\u003e Inspired by his \u003ci\u003eFrom the Ground Up\u003c\/i\u003e blog for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, a beautifully written memoir about building and brotherhood \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfronted with the disappointments and knockdowns that can come in middle age--job loss, the death of his mother, a health scare, a divorce--Lou Ureneck needed a project that would engage the better part of him and put him back in life's good graces. City-bound for a decade, Lou decided he needed to build a simple post-and-beam cabin in the woods. He bought five acres in the hills of western Maine and asked his younger brother, Paul, to help him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty years earlier the brothers had built a house together. Now Lou saw working with Paul as a way to reconnect with their shared history and to rediscover his truest self. As the brothers--with the help of Paul's sons--undertake the challenging construction, nothing seems to go according to plan. But as they raise the cabin, Ureneck eloquently reveals his own evolving insights into the richness and complexity of family relationships, the healing power of nature, and the need to root oneself in a place one can call home. With its exploration of the satisfaction of building and of physical labor, \u003ci\u003eCabin\u003c\/i\u003e will also appeal to readers of Robert Pirsig's \u003ci\u003eZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, \u003c\/i\u003e Matthew Crawford's \u003ci\u003eShop Class as Soulcraft, \u003c\/i\u003e and Tracy Kidder's \u003ci\u003eHouse\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLou Ureneck is a journalism professor at Boston University and a former newspaper editor at the \u003ci\u003ePortland Press Herald\u003c\/i\u003e in Maine and the \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e. His first book, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBackcast: Fatherhood, Fly-fishing, and a River Journey Through the Heart of Alaska\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, received the 2007 National Outdoor Book Award. He lives in Boston and near Bethel, Maine.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50902200156434,"sku":"9780143122081","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4ab420b6-d144-432b-b393-dabe34490008.jpg?v=1738449313","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cabin-two-brothers-a-dream-and-five-acres-in-maine-9780143122081","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}