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La Finca : Love, Loss, and Laundry on a Tiny Puerto Rican Island - Corky Parker

La Finca

Love, Loss, and Laundry on a Tiny Puerto Rican Island

By: Corky Parker

Hardcover | 11 March 2021

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At age forty, Parker surrendered to her Swept Away meets Swiss Family Robinson fantasy of running an inn far from her home in the Pacific Northwest. For the next twenty-plus years Parker operated La Finca Caribe, an eco-lodge in Vieques, Puerto Rico. What started as a rough-and-tumble dream grew into a paradise enjoyed by guests from around the world. Sketchbook in hand, Parker chronicled her daily adventures living with the land. Duck-Taped Days is a lively graphic memoir about a woman creating a new life amid countless challenges, including hurricanes that led her to reconsider everything. It is a story about trusting oneself, self-discovery, accepting disappointment and loss, and falling in love with a place.
Industry Reviews
"Lively, touching, and utterly original!" - Rebecca Wells, author of Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood "Enchanting. The beauty of Vieques and La Finca Caribe shines brightly. Corky Parker's passion for the land, food, and culture of this Puerto Rican island is infectious." - Alice Waters "From laughing out loud to shock and tears, La Finca is a colorful, chaotic, tropical tale of human experience." - Charlotte Kilcher, Discovery's Alaska: The Last Frontier "Part memoir, part graphic fantasy, but 100 percent heartful adventure." - Elizabeth Cohen, author of The Family on Beartown Road "A frank, sometimes heartbreaking account of what it means to nurture a childhood dream. Filled with delightful doodles, this playful yet humbling story takes you to a magical place." - Summer Brenner, author of My Life in Clothes"An inspiring story of carving your own path, embracing crazy adventure, and rolling the dice on something you love." - Doug Berman, NPR's Wait Wait . . . Don't Tell Me! "Corky Parker gives new meaning to the word 'resilience' in her gripping tale of running an inn on a remote Caribbean island. It's a story of enchanted whimsy with a positivity that inspires." - Mimi Pond, author of The Customer Is Always Wrong "An enchanting, sun-and-storm-filled paradise of a book." - Erica Bauermeister, author of House Lessons

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