Siesta Lane : A Year Unplugged, or, the Good Intentions of Ten People, Two Cats, One Old Dog, Eight Acres, One Telephone, Three Cars, and Twenty Miles to the Nearest Town

Minato rejects her life of consumption in Chicago to go back to nature--specifically, to a commune in Oregon, where she rediscovers herself. "Siesta Lane" is both a practical case study in living green, and the heartwarming story of a modern idealist who discovers just what it takes to live a year unplugged.