The Good Life Lab: Radical Experiments in Hands-On Living

A post-consumer memoir & guidebook.

Winner of the Nautilus Silver Book Award for Lifestyle & Sustainability

Publisher’s Weekly Best nonfiction book of the summer. This, inspiring tale of Tremayne’s journey is alternately funny, tender, philosophical, and practical. The memoir riffs off Scott and Helen Nearing’s 1954 Living the Good Life with much more style and humor than the original, bringing the back-to-the-land genre up to date with impressive sophistication and appeal.

The Guardian Best Staycation Summer Read

New York Journal of Books A how-to guide for anyone ready to give back to the Earth more than he or she takes.

Rachel Ray Tremayne is a gifted storyteller

Hack A Day Stop whatever you’re doing and get this book... I have to say that [Wendy] and [Mikey] could easily be the poster children for modern day hacking, and this book could be the manual for a life built on hacking. Their life is their workbench. ... should be handed out in high schools as part of the curriculum.

Los Angeles Review of Books Tremayne is part of a grand American tradition of abandoning urban commercialism ... [her] breezy, friendly prose is as much a guide to consumer awareness as it is to homesteading. The advice underlying both Tremayne and the Nearings’s books ultimately has less to do with composting and more to do with deciding what you are willing to sacrifice to live as you choose.

Boing Boing A must read for any maker who fantasizes about stepping off the consumer-centered treadmill and into a life that is connected to nature, unhurried and meaningful.

Parents.com Must Read, one of the best summer books

Kevin Kelly Captivating right from the start ... Whether for inspiration or as a road map to creating your own off-the-grid homestead.