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HarperBusiness
March 2018
On Sale: March 6, 2018
256 pages ISBN: 0062668137 EAN: 9780062668134 Kindle: B072BFJBWY Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Memoir | Self-Help Money
The deeply personal story of how award-winning personal
finance blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames abandoned a
successful career in the city and embraced frugality to
create a more meaningful, purpose-driven life, and retire
to a homestead in the Vermont woods at age thirty-two
with her husband and daughter. In 2014, Elizabeth and Nate Thames were conventional 9-5
young urban professionals. But the couple had a dream to
become modern-day homesteaders in rural Vermont.
Determined to retire as early as possible in order to
start living each day—as opposed to wishing time away
working for the weekends—they enacted a plan to save an
enormous amount of money: well over seventy percent of
their joint take home pay. Dubbing themselves the
Frugalwoods, Elizabeth began documenting their
unconventional frugality and the resulting wholesale
lifestyle transformation on their eponymous blog. In less than three years, Elizabeth and Nate reached
their goal. Today, they are financially independent and
living out their dream on a sixty-six-acre homestead in
the woods of rural Vermont with their young daughter.
While frugality makes their lifestyle possible, it’s also
what brings them peace and genuine happiness. They don’t
stress out about impressing people with their material
possessions, buying the latest gadgets, or keeping up
with any Joneses. In the process, Elizabeth discovered
the self-confidence and liberation that stems from
disavowing our culture’s promise that we can buy our way
to "the good life." Elizabeth unlocked the freedom of a
life no longer beholden to the clarion call to consume
ever-more products at ever-higher sums. Meet the Frugalwoods is the intriguing story of how
Elizabeth and Nate realized that the mainstream path
wasn’t for them, crafted a lifestyle of sustainable
frugality, and reached financial independence at age
thirty-two. While not everyone wants to live in the
woods, or quit their jobs, many of us want to have more
control over our time and money and lead more meaningful,
simplified lives. Following their advice, you too can
live your best life.
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