“Two other cabin dwellers who wrote classic books – Henry David Thoreau and Louise Dickinson Rich – have a worthy successor in Lou Ureneck.  Like them, he took to the woods to live deliberately.  Like them, his cabin stands as a kind of metaphor for a life.”     — Chet Raymo

“In this thoughtful and engaging book, Lou Ureneck isn’t simply writing about building a cabin; he is writing a deeper story about love and loss, home and family, and how two brothers, long separated, were able to renew the powerful bond between them.”  — Gay Talese 

“Bracing, beautiful and profoundly heartfelt.”

-- Boston Globe

“Meditative and restorative.”

-- The New York Times

“A book worth savoring.”

-- Bangor Daily News


“A modern-day Walden with a mid-life twist.”

-- Kirkus

“Cabin belongs on your bookshelf, whether it’s in the city or country.”

--Boston Book Bums

“Uplifting. A journey into one man’s heart.”

-- New York Journal of Books