Bird Cloud by Annie Proulx

Bird Cloud is the name of a bit of property that Annie Proulx bought in Wyoming.  Here she plans on building her dream house.  Clearly she never got around to watching the brilliant Cary Grant film called Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House-or she would have known what to expect.  As it is see falls in love with a bit land and decides to buy it and build a home there.  A comedy of errors ensues. But this is Annie Proulx, author of the brilliant Shipping News, in which she manages to squeeze in the history of newspapers, boats, and…

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