Recently Rural: A Memoir

Book Synopsis:

You can escape the city. But problems always find you.

Writer Eugene Havens chronicles his move to small-town America. The big city is second nature to Havens. Rural living is completely unknown. Over ten years, Eugene and his family find surprising hardships and unexpected pleasures.

Recently Rural is about leaving everything you know for the last place on earth you expected to be.

Moving to an unfamiliar locale raises a vital question. Are you who you are because of where you live?

Eugene Havens

Eugene Havens holds an MFA in fiction writing from The New School and a BA in journalism from the University of Oregon. He has written for media agencies in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco and has taught as an adjunct professor. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.