Almost green

A quirky, poignant, and hilarious nonfiction account of one man's fumbling quest to reinvent suburbia, starting with his own front yard. The author couldn't afford to build a green house, so instead he built an "eco-shed," a 280-square foot sustainably designed writing studio and in-law suite-- but his in-laws are unlikely to ever stay there because they aren't talking to him much anymore. Throughout the book, Glave tries--and sometimes fails--to navigate the emerging social landscape of the nouveau-green world; instead he finds himself ensnared in the emotional entanglements of the…