Romancing Mary Jane: A year in the life of a failed marijuana grower - Hardcover

A rollicking tale...full of humor, subterfuge, and a great appreciation for the outdoors."

Book description
Michael Poole found that life in the ‘big smoke’ was getting to him. He turned his back on a successful filmmaking career to cultivate his first marijuana cash crop in the Canadian mountains in the search for a more peaceful existence. But Romancing Mary Jane proves to be harder than he thought: he soon discovers it is backbreaking work and is an emotional rollercoaster ride. If the rains don’t come, he has to hump water up the hills for miles and if it rains too much, the buds will mould. And what is he to do when the local grizzly bear eats his crop for cheap highs? He also finds that growing marijuana is a prime exercise in paranoia, even for the most stable disposition – any grower is at peril from thieves, rival growers and of course the police. But the silent beauty of rainy forest tracts, the dusty sunlight filtering through the canopy, moonlit boat rides and the generosity of the local community are all adequate compensation, as is the rich and heady scent of his ripe, full buds. In this intimate depiction of his horticultural quest, Poole evokes the beauty of the landscape, wildlife – and people – of British Columbia, in prose that soars high above the rocky bluffs and wide expanses of the Pacific Ocean. A fun book to read for both smoker and non smoker alike and a revealing portrait of a journey back to the land