All the Things

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>After surviving the usual debacles of adulthood (marriage taxes divorce) Ammi Midstokke does what any sensible single mom would do: She purchases an off-grid fixer-upper perched on a granite hilltop in rural Idaho. Underprepared and overcaffeinated she embarks upon a series of seemingly inadvisable activities from getting lost in the mountains after dark to dangling on a rope with a chainsaw to relationshipping with bearded woodsmen and falling in love.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>In her hilarious yet sage debut essay collection Midstokke demonstrates that battles with freeloading varmints clogged stove pipes childhood trauma and one surprisingly aggressive boulder are unexpected if not wonderfully entertaining pathways to personal growth and joy. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>All the Things</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> delivers the irreverent fearless and brilliant voice of a woman who laughs in the face of failure and soothes her wounds by splitting wood often in her skivvies. </span></p><p><br></p>