A River Runs Under It: 40 Years on a Houseboat in Oregon looks back at how the author came to find her place in a floating home outside of Portland. Although she originally thought her stay would be a few years at most, Andrea Carlisle found herself staying on despite hardships and inconveniences, including a family of beavers living in her basement. The book contains a glossary of houseboat terminology with funny or poignant anecdotes helping to define each term. Photos of houseboat life, including bird and animal life, are sprinkled throughout the text.

A River Runs Under It: 40 Years on a Houseboat in Oregon

Biographies & Memoirs

Carlisle, Andrea

Community & Culture

Andrea Carlisle

There Was an Old Woman: Reflections on These Strange, Surprising, Shining Years

Parenting & Relationships

Oregon State University Press

"It's a gift to the world, not quite a novel, not quite a collection of short stories....A precious moment in the channels of contemporary literature...very simply, a book of the heart."--San Francisco Chronicle¶"Her stories are carefully crafted magic....They joyously lull and illuminate."--Chicago Tribune

The Riverhouse Stories: How Pubah S. Queen and Lazy LaRue Save the World

Literature & Fiction

United States

The Eighth Mountain Press

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