<b>“A glorious piece of prose . . . Pollan leads readers on his adventure with humor and grace.” <b>—<i>Chicago Tribune</i></b><br><br>A captivating personal inquiry into the art of architecture, the craft of building, and the meaning of modern work</b><br><br> <i>“A room of one’s own: Is there anybody who hasn’t at one time or another wished for such a place, hasn’t turned those soft words over until they’d assumed a habitable shape?”</i><br><br> When Michael Pollan decided to plant a garden, the result was the acclaimed bestseller <i>Second Nature</i>. In <i>A Place of My Own, </i>he turns his sharp insight to the craft of building, as he recounts the process of designing and constructing a small one-room structure on his rural Connecticut property—a place in which he hoped to read, write, and daydream, built with his own two unhandy hands.<br><br>Michael Pollan's unmatched ability to draw lines of connection between our everyday experiences<b>—</b>whether eating, gardening, or building<b>—</b>and the natural world has been the basis for the popular success of his many works of nonfiction, including the genre-defining bestsellers <i>The Omnivore's Dilemma</i> and <i>In Defense of Food</i>. With this updated edition of his earlier book <i>A Place of My Own</i>, readers can revisit the inspired, intelligent, and often hilarious story of Pollan's realization of a room of his own<b>—</b>a small, wooden hut, his "shelter for daydreams"<b>—</b>built with his admittedly unhandy hands. Inspired by both Thoreau and Mr. Blandings, <i>A Place of My Own</i> not only works to convey the history and meaning of all human building, it also marks the connections between our bodies, our minds, and the natural world.