Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals | 
pickI fell asleep halfway through the last chapter and slept fit fully. Laurie and her family's life after the abusive divorce from her mom from dad gripped my dreams. The judicial system is so broken when kids must continue to visit monstrous parents. This is a story of a farm that saved a mom & her children as well as the hundreds of animals. Written in alternating sections between memoir and Animal Tales. (Photo with our window worm farm 🤪)
pickThe Funny Farm is a local attraction, so our faculty book club read this memoir/animal tale/mission statement and visited. Laurie writes just as she speaks, and is so inviting and enthusiastic that it's impossible not to enjoy the experience. The book itself is vivid and engaging, balancing the trauma of domestic abuse and poverty with the deep love for nature and strength of will Laurie inherited from her mother.
pickThis was such a great read! I discovered this book through the Goodreads awards and immediately got the audiobook. It's a mix of a Laurie's life growing up and Funny Farm animal stories.
Now, I'm following their Facebook page and love seeing the amazing work they do.
1. Finished the tagged book last night
2. I haven‘t
3. Letters from Father Christmas
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pickGreat audiobook!
pickAfter the horribly inaccurate vet book, I needed a reset. Enter the Funny Farm. I remember lucking into their Facebook account and how they‘d sometimes hilariously let the animals post from their perspective.
When Laurie‘s parents divorced, they were left poor. This didn‘t stop her very compassionate mother from taking in stray animals (CW ⬇️). Later, Laurie would continue growing the Funny Farm into a special sanctuary for domesticated animals.
Some irresistible books about animals.
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Checked this out for my mom because it seems right up her alley. May read a bit of it myself before it goes back to the library. I love a rescue situation…and this is 600 rescues! 🐶🐱🐷🐮🐤🐰
pickA memoir of a nightmarish marriage, an ugly divorce, poverty, lovable animals in search of a forever home, and promise to carry on her mother‘s animal rescue instincts. If you loved Animalish, and the episode on Queer Eye about the animal rescue shelter, you‘ll enjoy this book. Definitely some very sad stories but sprinkled throughout is the cast of brave, funny, smart, and charming animals that live at Funny Farm.
pickI really loved this book- part memoir and tribute to the author‘s mother, along with anecdotes about the titular Funny Farm- a rescue organization where the author lives- alongside hundreds of animals. She relays her own childhood and everything that built up to the creation of this great New Jersey non-forprofit! I only wish my copy had some photos! An overall uplifting and inspiring story! #DogsOfLitsy
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Delightful memoir 💚
Laurie mixes writings about her family with tales of animals she grew up with or rescued as an adult. This was such a wonderful escape from my usual reads. There are some emotional sections, both with humans and animals, but overall this is an uplifting read.
