"Lyrical and down-to-earth, wry and heartbreaking, This Life Is in Your Hands is a fascinating and powerful memoir.
With echoes of The Liars\' Club and Don\'t Let\'s Go to the Dogs Tonight , Coleman\'s searing chronicle tells the true story of her upbringing on communes and sustainable farms along the rugged Maine coastline in the 1970\'s, embedded within a moving, personal quest for truth that her experiences produced..
Melissa Coleman doesn\'t just tell the story of her family\'s brave experiment and private tragedy; she brings to Life an important and underappreciated chapter of our recent history." --Tom Perrotta In a work of power and beauty reminiscent of Tobias Wolff, Jeannette Walls, and Dave Eggers, Melissa Coleman delivers a luminous, evocative childhood memoir exploring the hope and struggle behind her family\'s search for a sustainable lifestyle. "Lyrical and down-to-earth, wry and heartbreaking, This Life Is in Your Hands is a fascinating and powerful memoir
