{"product_id":"never-burn-your-moving-boxes-a-true-tale-of-a-real-life-cowboy-wife-9781646011766","title":"Never Burn Your Moving Boxes: A True Tale of a Real-Life Cowboy Wife","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA young woman's struggle with marriage and motherhood on some of the most remote ranches in the American West.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJolyn Young grew up in the \"real\" northern California--the forgotten area at the tip-top of the state with small towns, extreme poverty, and about 40 miles to the Oregonian mountains. In a childhood defined by a subdivision, she decided she wanted to be a cowboy, and two years out of college, she saw that dream through, taking a job at a Nevada ranch in the search for a lifestyle subsisting of horses, cattle, and the wide open range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFalling in love was never part of the plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Young was tall, strong, and could ride a bronc and rope a steer like no one's business. And before she knew it Jolyn found her cowboyin' dreams overtaken by a new and intoxicating cowboy reality. With long days side by side in the saddle, nights sharing a bedroll, and the deep satisfaction that came with hard physical work in a place filled with natural beauty, it seemed life was all a strong-willed young woman might want it to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when a baby-to-be suddenly spun her wild romance into a very practical marriage, and one decrepit ranch trailer home led to the next, Jolyn found her young family desperately seeking stability in what is by definition a transient lifestyle that moves with the seasons. Often hours from the nearest grocery store and half-a-day from the closest hospital, pregnancy, childbirth, and illness required a do-it-yourself mentality. With days, sometimes weeks on her own as Jim worked the farthest reaches of whatever ranchlands they currently called home--and first with one child to care for...and eventually with three--Jolyn fought profound loneliness, finding comfort in writing and company in her camera.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the cowboy lifestyle pulled them further toward the brink of civilization and Jim's drinking became a liability, losing him jobs and sending them packing, again, to yet another, different, distant cow camp, Jolyn struggled with the knowledge that she was choosing a life of scrubbing filthy mobile home floors and bunkhouse bathrooms in order to keep her family together. It would take leaving it, and Jim, for her to determine whether a world built on risk could coexist with the responsible mother she had needed to become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a memoir that is brave, honest, and heartbreakingly funny, Jolyn Young has written the story of every young adventure-seeker, every new mother, and every partner who has loved an alcoholic in a whole new light--that of a campfire, on the edge of the desert night, miles away from cell phone reception.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Trafalgar Square Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646011766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Jolyn Young","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51334131122357,"sku":"9781646011766","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_bdadfd8f-7e3f-4d87-a81b-cb93bcf65f6e.jpg?v=1752583850","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/never-burn-your-moving-boxes-a-true-tale-of-a-real-life-cowboy-wife-9781646011766","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}