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Author: A. Jane Heim
Publisher: Touchstone Adventures
Category: Book

Buy New: $21.95

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

1 reviews
Sales Rank: 826999

Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6

ISBN: 0964957337
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.79
EAN: 9780964957336
ASIN: 0964957337

Publication Date: July 2001
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Editorial Reviews:

Book Description
Car Living Your Way explains our Car Living Culture, and shows in detail how to live in your car for those who want to, or have to. Part I covers the basics of Car Living. Part II shows how others have done it. There is plenty of practical advice on how to live in a car with over 100 stories from actual Car-livers. There is a story for everyone!

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars

Car Living My Way December 25, 2004
26 out of 31 found this review helpful

I have a history of living in cars several times (less than a month each time) well before this book was written. I see the book as a good way to consider the idea, if time is available to consider it. The whole thing is based on the actual experiences of car living people, organized by a writer to give it coherence. Organization counts here.

AJ Heim starts by considering the reasons people live in cars (or trucks, vans, etc.) and "mental preparation" for doing so. This is important for people who are considering car living as one choice among others. Part I continues with specifics of packing, parking, cleanliness and other important topics, winding up with a chapter on Feng Shui as related to car living. Part II contains the stories. The stories matter to me because (a) they show how the "parts" in Part I make "whole" stories of people and (b) they give the reader a chance to explore attitudes that work for living in cars.

In short, the combination of AJ Heim's writing skill with the actual experiences of car living people makes a useful and interesting book.