{"product_id":"falling-into-place-an-intimate-geography-of-home-paperback","title":"Falling into Place: An Intimate Geography of Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Reid\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuietly powerful essays, weaving keenly observed insights into the mysteries of nature with those of family and community\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's not easy,\" Catherine Reid writes, \"to love a person and a place in equal measure.\" Love she does, however, as described in these intimate, lyric essays about the land and people around her. With the inside perspective of a native New Englander combined with her outsider status as a lesbian, Reid explores such paradoxes as those that arise from harnessing wild rivers or legalizing same-sex marriage. Her fascination with natural phenomena--whether bird hibernation, the arrival of fishers in suburbia, or the explosion of amphibious life in the wet weeks of spring--is captured in writing that pays as much attention to the sounds of a sentence as to the rhythms of the landscapes she wanders. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ultimately, Reid finds herself having to choose between her farmhouse near the Berkshires and a job in the South, between her known role in the land's stories and a new story yet to be written. Solace comes from companions as varied as a praying mantis, an otter, and her hundred-year-old grandmother, while resilience shows up in the stories of streams recovering from toxic spills and in communities weathering floods and town meetings. Reid celebrates the joyous engagement that comes with developing a deep connection with the places we call home and the life--human, animal, botanical--that surrounds us. At the same time, she offers keen insights into the way nature ultimately remains mysterious, beyond our knowing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sensuous and provocative, \u003ci\u003eFalling into Place\u003c\/i\u003e faces the beauty and challenges of our changing world head-on.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Reid\u003c\/b\u003e directs the undergraduate creative writing program at Warren Wilson College, where she teaches courses in creative nonfiction and environmental writing. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eCoyote: Seeking the Hunter in Our Midst\u003c\/i\u003e and of essays that have appeared in such journals as the \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Fourth Genre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Bellevue Literary Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMassachusetts Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 182\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8.5 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 14, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751351451936,"sku":"9780807061183","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4222990da2a90ceb470ae314234ec28f.webp?v=1779971528","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/falling-into-place-an-intimate-geography-of-home-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}