Bean Blossom Dreams: A City Family's Search for a Simple Country Life (Thorndike Press Large Print Paperback Series) - Softcover

.,."Murphey...and her husband, Greg... left behind their fast-lane life in Chicago and moved to a run-down 40-acre farm in Brown County...chronicled with warmth and humor..." -- "Bloomington Herald-Times" "May 25, 2008"

""For those who dream of living in the country or those who already do, this is a delightful book, full of good humor, wisdom, and personal honesty."" -- TheNew Garden Journal

"For those who dream of living in the country or those who already do, this is a delightful book, full of good humor, wisdom, and personal honesty." The New Garden Journal"

"Infused with considerable charm... lyrical, humorous writing... a colorful cast of characters, both human and animal, inhabits this book." Kirkus Reviews"

"Infused with considerable charm... lyrical, humorous writing... a colorful cast of characters, both human and animal, inhabits this book." --Kirkus Reviews

"For those who dream of living in the country or those who already do, this is a delightful book, full of good humor, wisdom, and personal honesty." --The New Garden Journal

Sallyann J. Murphey began her career as a producer for the British Broadcasting Corporation. She has worked as an investigative journalist for a number of publications, including IPC Magazines, the Daily Mail, the London Observer, The Chicago Times Magazine, and The Utne Reader. Murphey is now the high school history, government, and media studies teacher at Harmony School in Bloomington, Indiana, where she is also the high school coordinator. She lives in Brown County, Indiana.