Ebook: Downstairs the Queen is Knitting

A comical, heartwarming chronicle of life on the farm from the beloved blogger, mom of six, and Mennonite minister's wife.
Following her delightful essay collections Ordinary Days and Upstairs the Peasants are Revolting, Dorcas Smucker returns with a new volume of her witty, poignant observations of life with her husband, six fast-growing-up kids, and a couple of family pets in Oregon's Willamette Valley.
Reflecting on everything from preteen boys' burping contests to the pleasures of a late-night talk with her newly adult daughter to the deepening of her relationship with her husband as the years pass, she sees with more disarming clarity than ever, and writes piercingly about life on and off the grass farm as the kids move toward more independence. Downstairs the Queen Is Knitting is an entertaining, often hilarious, and soul-soothing read from a uniquely insightful newspaper columnist and blogger.