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Small Town Ho: The Hilarious Story of Moving from the Big City to North Idaho

When a family of five leaves a big city for the far northern edge of Idaho, they expect a slower pace, and they soon discover how little they know about small-town life. The author arrives with no job and no local friends, and he takes whatever work he can find: serving in a school cafeteria, selling women's clothing over the phone, and eventually opening a barbecue restaurant. Along the way the household includes three sons, a large black lab and a cat with a taste for mayhem.

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The narrator's account is candid and self-mocking, mixing the awkward mishaps of adjusting to a new community with the everyday worries of parents who are running out of energy. It is a story about the stumbles, small victories and ridiculous moments that come with starting over somewhere unfamiliar.

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