
The Rural Diaries
Love, Livestock, and Big Life Lessons Down on Mischief Farm
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Narrated by:
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Hilarie Burton
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By:
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Hilarie Burton
The beloved actress and star of One Tree Hill, White Collar, and Lethal Weapon, Hilarie Burton, tells the inspiring story of leaving Hollywood for a radically different kind of life in upstate New York with her husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan - a celebration of community, family, and the value of hard work in small town America.
While Hilarie Burton’s hectic lifestyle as an actress in New York and Los Angeles gave her a comfortable life, it did not fulfill her spiritually or emotionally. After the birth of their first son, she and her husband, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the star of The Walking Dead, decided to make a major change: they bought a working farm in Rhinebeck, New York, and began a new chapter in their lives.
The Rural Diaries chronicles her inspiring story of farm life: chopping wood, making dandelion wine, building chicken coops. Burton looks back at her transition from urban to country living - discovering how to manage a farm while raising her son and making friends with her new neighbors. She mixes charming stories of learning to raise alpacas and buying and revitalizing the town’s beloved candy store, Samuel’s Sweet Shoppe with good friend Paul Rudd and his wife, Julie, with raw observations on the ups and downs of marriage and her struggles with infertility. Burton also includes delicious recipes that can be made with fresh ingredients at home.
Burton’s charisma, wide eyed attitude, and fortitude - both internal and physical - propels this moving story of transformation and self-discovery. The Rural Diaries honors the values and lifestyle of small-town America and offers inspiration for anyone longing to embark on their own unconventional journey.
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So, I’m the kind of person who doesn’t keep up with celebrity’s personal lives. I enjoy and support the work of those I like and that’s usually the end for me. I believe in personal boundaries. They are human, just like us, at the end of the day. However, when I unboxed Hilarie’s book at work (I work for Barnes & Noble) and saw the cover, I knew I wanted to know more about her. I bought the hardcover and the audiobook as fast as I could. Honestly, I loved every second spent with her, listening to her journey, the recipes, the farm life, laughing, crying, completely relating to a lot of her pain from my own personal experiences. To see someone who came from the hustle and bustle of city and hollywood life, find their way to a humble settling shows a pure heart and speaks to my inner desires. I live right outside of a big city and was sucked into that lifestyle, wasted so many hours sitting in traffic, have killed myself by working multiple jobs while attending college full-time, trying to get the stamp of approval, missing so many precious beginning moments of my own son but for what? I wasn’t happy. It takes a lot of courage to walk away from what you always thought was your biggest accomplishments, but children, mindset, and setting really can make a huge impact. Focusing on building lasting relationships with your family and community really can take you back to your roots, bringing back a childlike adventurous spirit, and reestablishing a love for Mother Nature and our beautiful planet. Do some soul searching if you need to, build a life you can truly love and be proud of, help the people around you to the best of your abilities, and simply just be kind and appreciative to others.
The Rural Diaries will surely stick with me forever and I look forward to revisiting soon.
A beautiful story, from beginning to end!
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Highly recommend
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Hilarie’s narration was amazing! It’s like she was talking directly to me. She is a women after my own heart. She is just so down to earth. Loved it!
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