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She quit her job, moved to the Turkish mountains, and built a house out of mud. What would you do if you walked away from everything and started over with $6,000 and six weeks before winter? In Mud Ball, Atulya K. Bingham did exactly that — and lived to tell the tale.
Exhausted by the corporate grind, Bingham moved to the remote mountains of Turkey with a bold plan: build her own home from earth itself. With almost no building experience, she set out to construct an earthbag house before the harsh mountain winter — learning sustainable construction from scratch, surviving alone in the wilderness, battling self-doubt and exhaustion, discovering unexpected kindness from strangers.
Honest and funny, this memoir chronicles every triumph and setback without romanticizing the hardships — part adventure story, part practical guide to natural building and off-grid living. For anyone who has ever dreamed of escaping the rat race: inspiration and blueprint in one.
What would you do if you walked away from your job and started over with nothing but $6,000 and six weeks before winter? In Mud Ball, Atulya K. Bingham did exactly that — and lived to tell the tale.
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nExhausted by the corporate grind, Bingham left her conventional life behind and moved to the remote mountains of Turkey with a bold plan: build her own home from earth itself. With almost no building experience, she set out to construct an earthbag house — a ‘mud ball’ — before the harsh mountain winter arrived.
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nThis honest, funny memoir chronicles every triumph and setback of that journey: learning sustainable construction from scratch, surviving alone in the wilderness, battling self-doubt and physical exhaustion, and discovering unexpected kindness from strangers along the way.
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nPart adventure story, part practical guide to natural building and off-grid living, Mud Ball proves that radical change doesn’t require wealth or perfect timing — just courage and determination. Bingham doesn’t romanticize the hardships; she shows them plainly, alongside the deep satisfaction of creating a life with her own hands.
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nFor anyone who has ever dreamed of escaping the rat race, this book is both inspiration and a blueprint.
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