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CABIN

Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman

by Patrick Hutchison
Patrick Hutchison
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This program is read by the author.
"This is a great audiobook for nature lovers, carpenters, and people who dream of their hobby becoming their day job."—AudioFile

A memoir of the author's journey from an office job to restoring a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, based on his wildly popular Outside Magazine piece.
Wit's End isn't just a state of mind. It's the name of a gravel road, the address of a rundown, off-the-grid cabin, 120 shabby square feet of fixer-upper Patrick Hutchison purchased on a whim in the mossy woods of the Cascade Mountains in Washington state.
To say Hutchison didn't know what he was getting into is no more an exaggeration than to say he's a man with nearly zero carpentry skills. Well, used to be. You can learn a lot over six years of renovations.
CABIN is the story of those renovations, but it's also a love story; of a place, of possibilities, and of the process of construction, of seeing what could be instead of what is. It is an audiobook for those who know what it's like to bite off more than you can chew, or who desperately wish to.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press.

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  • Release date

    December 3, 2024

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    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781250366481
      • File size: 245636 KB
      • Duration: 08:31:44

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 4, 2024
      Henry David Thoreau meets Home Improvement in Hutchison’s charming debut. Dissatisfied with his job as a copy editor in 2010s Seattle and wondering if he might be missing out on a more meaningful life, Hutchison plunked down $7,500 for a decrepit cabin in the Cascade Mountains. Though he’d never touched a power tool in his life, Hutchison and a group of friends set out to restore the building, the last house on a dirt road fittingly named Wit’s End Place. Through a sometimes bumpy series of home repairs—fixing the roof, building a gravel driveway, constructing stairs to the cabin’s loft (“To the average person, the stairs were at most a rustic amalgamation of standard lumber, suitable for a tree house or a chicken coop... they fit. They worked”)—Hutchison discovered a surprise knack for handiwork. Now a carpenter, he chalks up the career change to the six years he and his cohorts worked on the cabin; readers who are similarly curious about the capabilities of a scroll saw will be invigorated by Hutchison’s account. With endearing directness and an infectious can-do spirit, this makes for a sturdy ode to self-discovery. Agent: Farley Chase, Chase Literary.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Patrick Hutchison's narration sounds like a long conversation with a friend. Mentally exhausted from his copywriting job, Hutchison purchases a decrepit one-room cabin in the woods of Washington. An inexperienced carpenter, he finds repairing his dilapidated "doghouse" a daunting task, which he details with just the right amount of self-deprecation. Indecisiveness and uncertainty rule his late 20s, but Hutchison keeps his tone light throughout. He's grateful for his supportive family--and for the cabin, which becomes a haven. The occasional background sounds of a rainstorm or gravel on tires transport listeners to the forest alongside Hutchison. This is a great audiobook for nature lovers, carpenters, and people who dream of their hobby becoming their day job. C.A.P. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine

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