Got Here As Soon As I Could: Discovering the Way Life Should Be

Smiley, Sarah

ISBN 10: 1608935760 / ISBN 13: 9781608935765

Published by Down East Books, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Got Here As Soon As I Could: Discovering the Way Life Should Be
• Publisher: Down East Books
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1608935760
• ISBN 13: 9781608935765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

I'm not from Maine... but I got here as soon as I could. 

Six years ago, a family from Florida fell in love with "the way life should be," and although they've never seen a moose, the Smileys intend to stay. Because say what you will about the cold winters and the messy mud season, there is no better place to raise a kid than in the great state of Maine.

Got Here As Soon As I Could is a collection of syndicated columnist Sarah Smiley's most-loved columns about raising a family in Maine. In these 100 essays, readers will laugh, cry and nod their head "yes" as they remember a time when all of America was as simple and beautiful as it still is today in Vacationland.

About the Author

Sarah Smiley is the author of a syndicated newspaper columnist and author of the memoirs Dinner with the Smileys (Hyperion, 2013), Going Overboard (Penguin/New American Library, 2005), and a collection of essays titled I'm Just Saying . . . (Ballinger, 2008). Sarah has been featured in The New York Times Magazine; O, the Oprah Magazine; Parade (cover story); GoodHousekeeping; Newsweek; and Military Spouse Magazine (cover story). Sarah also has appeared on the Today Show, Katie (Couric), Nightline, CBS's The Early Show, and other CNN and Fox News programs. In 2014, Smiley was awarded the American Legion Auxiliary's prestigious "Public Spirit Award."