The author grew up in New York City and dreamed of a business career in Manhattan. Moving to Vermont, he finds himself coping with bats, pigs, cows, chickens, goats, and a houseful of active children from across the world, who have become his family. He tells his story through a collection of anecdotes describing life in rural Vermont "on the prettiest dirt road you ever saw" in this often comical, sometimes touching, depiction of his family's life-a completely different future from the one he'd imagined. A must read for anyone who has ever dreamed of coloring outside the lines.