{"product_id":"the-solace-of-open-spaces-isbn-9780140081138","title":"The Solace of Open Spaces","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of transcendent, lyrical essays on life in the American West, the classic companion to Gretel Ehrlich’s new book, \u003ci\u003eUnsolaced\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Wyoming has found its Whitman.” —Annie Dillard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoet and filmmaker Gretel Ehrlich went to Wyoming in 1975 to make the first in a series of documentaries when her partner died. Ehrlich stayed on and found she couldn’t leave. \u003ci\u003eThe Solace of Open Spaces \u003c\/i\u003eis a chronicle of her first years on “the planet of Wyoming,” a personal journey into a place, a feeling, and a way of life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eEhrlich captures both the otherworldly beauty and cruelty of the natural forces—the harsh wind, bitter cold, and swiftly changing seasons—in the remote reaches of the American West. She brings depth, tenderness, and humor to her portraits of the peculiar souls who also call it home: hermits and ranchers, rodeo cowboys and schoolteachers, dreamers and realists. Together, these essays form an evocative and vibrant tribute to the life Ehrlich chose and the geography she loves.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOriginally written as journal entries addressed to a friend, \u003ci\u003eThe Solace of Open Spaces \u003c\/i\u003eis raw, meditative, electrifying, and uncommonly wise. In prose “as expansive as a Wyoming vista, as charged as a bolt of prairie lightning” (\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e), Ehrlich explores the magical interplay between our interior lives and the world around us.The Solace Of Open SpacesPreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Solace of Open Spaces\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObituary\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOther Lives\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout Men\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a Sheepherder's Notebook\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFriends, Foes, and Working Animals\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Smooth Skull of Winter\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Water\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust Married\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRules of the Game\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Live in Two Worlds\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Storm, the Cornfield, and Elk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Gretel Ehrlich and \u003ci\u003eThe Solace of Open Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Any one of [its 12 chapters] stands beautifully on its own . . . She brings the long vistas into focus with the poise of an Ansel Adams.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A stunning rumination on life on Wyoming's High Plains . . . Ehrlich's gorgeous prose is as expansive as a Wyoming vista, as charged as a bolt of prairie lightning.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNewsday \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ehrlich's best prose belongs in a league with Annie Dillard and even Thoreau. \u003ci\u003eThe Solace of Open Spaces \u003c\/i\u003ereleases the bracing air of the wilderness into the stuffy, heated confines of winter in civilization.\"\u003cb\u003e —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ehrlich [is] a gifted essayist and nature writer.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Vivid, tough, and funny . . . an exuberant and powerful book.\" \u003cb\u003e—Annie Dillard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eGretel Ehrlich\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThis Cold Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Ice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeart Mountain, Facing the Wave,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Solace of Open Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e, among other works of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. Ehrlich studied at Bennington College and UCLA film school. She lives in Wyoming.","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305230815461,"sku":"NP9780140081138","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140081138.jpg?v=1767741579","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-solace-of-open-spaces-isbn-9780140081138","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}