March 26, 2025
The publisher describes Patrick Hutchison’s Cabin as a cross between Henry David Thoreau and Bill Bryson. Maybe a cross between “Uh uh, don’t do it” and “Are you out of your freakin’ mind?” is closer. Holding down dead end jobs while trying to launch his writing career is going nowhere. Hutchison spots an online ad, 7500. for a backwoods—really remote—cabin. DIY required. Buried deep in the Cascade Mountains, the project is not so much a recovery (including death-defying moments), as a discovery of Hutchison’s best life.
–Vintage Books, Vancouver, WA
Thinking about getting away from it all? Books from Vintage Books and other independent bookstores are good for that.
