MARIETTA, GA – Author’s Tranquility Press is honored to announce the release of Try N Find Us, the poignant and powerful memoir by Frederic Buse. This is the true story of a young couple’s deep dive into a world they did not understand, a chronicle of eight years spent learning the brutal and beautiful language of rural life through their own labor and resilience.
Fred and Dot Buse, a young engineer and his wife, purchased a small stone house on a five-acre wooded plot in New Jersey in 1961. Their vision of pastoral peace quickly met the reality of a property with a party line telephone, a well pump installed in 1928, and land crisscrossed by the history of old iron mines. Their journey became an education in the fundamentals of existence, where water was not a given and the forest held both wonder and warning.
Try N Find Us transports the reader into the heart of that experience. The narrative moves with the rhythm of the seasons, from the backbreaking work of laying a concrete foundation to the quiet drama of watching a deer herd from a bathroom window. Readers will feel the shock of a faulty electric drill, understand the meticulous struggle of weaving a cane chair seat, and share the community effort of helping neighbors through a heavy snow. The story balances these tangible struggles with moments of pure discovery, like uncovering the foundations of a miner’s camp or the silent eruption of a natural spring.
More than a tale of homesteading, this memoir is a profound exploration of what it means to build a life. It is about the cost of dreams tallied in poison ivy rashes, failed well pumps, and the weight of an unexpected tax bill. It is equally about the immeasurable rewards found in the smell of freshly split wood, the solidarity of neighbors, and the hard-earned pride of a finished project.
Frederic Buse writes with the clarity of an engineer and the soul of a poet who has worked the earth. His prose is direct, evocative, and devoid of sentimentality, offering an honest account of a transformative chapter that defined a lifetime.
For anyone who has ever wondered about the price of a simpler life, or who cherishes true stories of grit, growth, and the enduring human connection to place, Try N Find Us is an essential and unforgettable read.
Try N Find Us is available for purchase in paperback and hardback on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and ThriftBooks.
About the Author
Frederic Buse is a retired engineer. The eight years he and his wife spent living on and working their rural New Jersey property provided the most formative lessons of his life, lessons in practicality, perseverance, and profound respect for the natural world. He shares this remarkable journey in his debut memoir.
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