Cohousing-L Mailing List: "Reinventing Community" by David Wann

[Karen Hoekstra (khoekstra]

I'm sure a lot of you have heard of the book "Reinventing Community: Stories
from the Walkways of Cohousing", but I just wanted to mention what a great
book it is after reading it recently myself.

My husband and I are part of a developing cohousing group (the first in West
Michigan!) and we found that this book accurately describes what life in
cohousing is like, from people who actually live there. The tales of the
difficulties encountered during development and the insights on living and
growing with cohousing after move-in and several years out were
inspirational and entertaining.

As someone who had never heard the word cohousing and three months later is
a member of a cohousing community, I found this book to be a helpful and
honest account of the exciting journey that lies ahead for us.

Karen Hoekstra
Newberry Place Cohousing
www.grandrapidscoho.org