ISBN: 0-9672067-1-5
6" x 9", trade paper, 348 pages
Price: U.S. $16.95

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Winner of a 2000 Writer's Digest Award for nonfiction, Choosing Simplicity features the real-life stories of people who have simplified their lives. Interwoven through the stories are the author's reflections and insights on their life experiences. The people profiled in the book were participants in The Pierce Simplicity Study, the author's three-year research project on what simplicity looks like in our modern world. For more information on the study, click here.

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Foreword by Vicki Robin,
coauthor of Your Money or Your Life

Preface

Chapter One ~
Why Simplicity?

Chapter Two ~
My Story: True Confessions of a Yuppie Lawyer

Chapter Three ~
Turning Points: What Motivates Us to Start the Journey?

Chapter Four ~
A Parent's Choice: Savoring Life with Our Children

Chapter Five ~
Urban or Rural Simplicity: Choosing a Nurturing Milieu

Chapter Six ~
Work We Can Live With: A Balancing Act

Chapter Seven ~
On the Road to Simplicity: Travelers in Transition

Chapter Eight ~
Long Timers: People Who Have Always Lived Simply

Chapter Nine ~
Starting Out Simply: Generation X Takes a U-Turn

Chapter Ten ~
Having Enough: Living Simply with Financial Freedom

Chapter Eleven ~
Living Well on Very Little: Amazing Stories of Courageous People

Chapter Twelve ~
Community: Are We Our Brothers' Keepers?

Chapter Thirteen ~
Environmental Champions: A Passionate Love for the Earth

Chapter Fourteen ~
The Pierce Simplicity Study: Reflections and Inspiration

Appendix: Text of Simplicity Survey
Resource Guide
Index

For a descriptive summary of Chapters 1-7, click here.

For a descriptive summary of Chapters 8-14, click here.