A Place of My Own: The Education of
an Amateur Builder by Michael Pollan
A Place Of One's Own!
Michael Pollans A Place of My Own might be suspiciously viewed by
some readers as a text begging for interpretation. What is it that causes
this man at midlife to attempt to put up a structure, an actual wood and
concrete dwelling, where he can work on his own craft away from his
domestic life? Arguably, Pollans intentions are more transparent than a
too clever postmodern audience can easily appreciate. The author of this
fine, well-crafted book offers an explanation that seems honest and
understandable: Whenever I heard myself described as an information
service worker or a symbolic analyst, I wanted to reach for a hammer, or a
hoe, and with it make something less virtual than a sentence. In
Pollans bestselling book Second Nature: A Gardeners Education, he
illustrated his facility with both hoe and pen. In A Place of My Own he
hefts the hammer and again records with great intelligence how
thoroughly thought and reflection can be woven into our common lives
and the patterns of a days work. His books subtitle, An Education of an

Amateur Builder, captures much of what this book contains: the lessons
learned by a diligent student of architecture, design, and construction.
The writing contains no gaps or unsightly seams, and its full of clues to
readers who share a similar desire to build something tangible in a world
that prizes the evanescent.
Personal Review: A Place of My Own: The Education of an
Amateur Builder by Michael Pollan
I love this book because Michael allowed me to feel I could build a place of
my own, and because I experienced the process so thoroughly and
vicariously through him, I probably won't. I loved reading of the balancing
of reality and desire, of architect, builder, and setting. I am amazed at
what Michael is able to do, and I savor and share his rightful pride in being
able to do so. I appreciate my own home more and view other structures
with more curiosity as a result of reading this book. Michael entertains,
and makes the process of home-building accessible to any one of us. I sit
and look at the cover, wanting a little home of my own, and, as I say, I feel
satisfied with what he has built, and the creation of my own little nest within
a home that is already mine. And if I change my mind, he is here as guide.
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