Farewell, My Subaru

“Fine is an eco-hero for our time.”—The Miami Herald “Fine is [a] storyteller in the mold of . . . Douglas Adams. . . . If you’re a fan of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy–style humor—and also looking to find out how to raise your own livestock to feed your ice-cream fetish—Farewell may prove a vital tool.”—The Washington Post “Fine is carrying on a lovely literary tradition. . . . The lure of a thinking man in or out of harmony with nature is delicious.”—Los Angeles Times “Fine’s writing is an invigorating cocktail of environmental awareness mixed with can-do optimism, honest reflection, and spiced with plenty of laughs.”—Portland Tribune “An antic and engaging account of one man’s giant step toward a smaller carbon footprint. . . . Changing the way we live is not a single decision but a learning process, and Farewell, My Subaru makes clear that process can be a challenge—and a hoot.”—St. Petersburg Times “Entertaining and eye-opening.”—Newsday “A chuckle or a wry grin is waiting on every page. . . . It’s the kind of humor that builds gradually, that sneaks up on you with such stealth that you hardly even realize what a good time you’re having. By the end of Farewell, My Subaru you can think of nothing that would seem like more fun than hanging out at Fine’s ranch, vainly striving to keep his goats from eating the rose bushes. Think James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small—updated for the iPod generation.”—Salon “Fine is Bryson funny.”—Santa Cruz Sentinel “[Fine] set himself the goal of living ‘off the grid’ for twelve months. The results were hilarious as well as enlightening: nearly electrocuting himself with solar panels, fueling his truck with waste oil from a local Chinese restaurant, and learning to live with coyotes, goats, and an eclectic assortment of neighbors.”—National Geographic “This is Green Acres for the smart set: a witty and educational look at sustainable living. Buy it, read it, compost it.”—A. J. Jacobs, author of The Year of Living Biblically “The details of Doug Fine’s experiment in green living are great fun—but more important is the spirit, the dawning understanding that living in connection to something more tangible than a computer mouse is what we were built for. It’ll make you want to move!”—Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future