Heading Home - Hardcover

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d and harried city-dweller has not dreamed of escaping to a quiet place in the country?  Sixteen years ago, Lawrence Scanlan--then books editor at <i>The Whig Standard</i>--had that same dream and he acted on it.  With his wife, he moved from the city of Kingston to a 19th Century frame house on the Napanee River in the village of Camden East, Ontario (pop. 250).<br><br><i>Heading Home</i> plots their transition from city to country, with its challenges and comic twists.  The book's twelve chapters, each devoted to one month, chronicle a year in the life of the village.  Scanlan points to a wide range of data and interviews dozens of people who have opted out of city life--all to show that a major demographic shift is underway.<br><br>As lyrical as it is practical, <i>Heading Home</i> shows the way to a new life beyond the freeways and high-rises.  <i>Heading Home</i> is the perfect book for all who have lived in the