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Writing of hermits, cowboys, changing seasons, and the wind, Ehrlich draws us into her personal relationship with this "planet of Wyoming" she has come to call home. She captures the incredible beauty and the demanding harshness of natural forces in these remote reaches of the West, and the depth, tenderness and humor of the quirky souls who live there.

Ehrlich, a former filmmaker and urbanite, presents in these essays a fresh and vibrant tribute to the new life she has chosen.

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"The most exciting new prose I've come across this season....Part travelogue, part meditation, these twelve pieces are lyrical, humorous and eye-opening." Glamour

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"Ehrlich's best prose belongs in a league with Annie Dillard and even Thoreau. The Solace of Open Spaces releases the bracing air of the wilderness into the stuffy, heated confines of winter in civilization." San Francisco Chronicle

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"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 praire lightning." Newsday

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A stunning collection of personal observations that uses images of the American West to probe larger concerns in lyrical, evocative prose that is a true celebration of the region.

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About the Author

Gretel Ehrlich is the author of This Cold Heaven (available in paperback from Vintage Books) and The Solace of Open Spaces, among other works of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. She divides her time between California and Wyoming.
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Table of Contents

The Solace Of Open Spaces Preface

The Solace of Open Spaces

Obituary

Other Lives

About Men

From a Sheepherder's Notebook

Friends, Foes, and Working Animals

The Smooth Skull of Winter

On Water

Just Married

Rules of the Game

To Live in Two Worlds

A Storm, the Cornfield, and Elk

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paper and thread, September 12, 2011 (view all comments by paper and thread)
this is a book to change your life. read it if you have ever loved a mountain or a horse or a man, but especially if you dream of these things. oh, and wyoming.
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m.santana, October 8, 2007 (view all comments by m.santana)
When I read Ms Ehrlich's book, The Solace of Open Spaces. I was deeply moved, tearfully touched by her story. Not only is she an expressive writer with a rich word usage but she is also incredibly courageous. Her life journey in the open spaces, her companion dog and being struck by lightening that almost took her life. The long arduous journey back from what the lightening strike did to her heart and her body! She is an amazing woman and a wonderful writer! It is very difficult to feel self -pity when some small piece of life pokes at me after reading her book!
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780140081138
Author:
Ehrlich, Gretel
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Location:
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
West (u.s.)
Subject:
Authors, American
Subject:
Wyoming
Subject:
Wyoming Description and travel.
Subject:
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Subject:
Ehrlich, Gretel - Homes and haunts - Wyoming
Subject:
Biology-Reference
Copyright:
c198
Edition Description:
Paperback / softback
Series Volume:
no. 5
Publication Date:
19861202
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
144
Dimensions:
7.74 x 5 x 0.4 in 0.26 lb
Age Level:
from 18
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"Review" by , "The most exciting new prose I've come across this season....Part travelogue, part meditation, these twelve pieces are lyrical, humorous and eye-opening."
"Review" by , "Ehrlich's best prose belongs in a league with Annie Dillard and even Thoreau. The Solace of Open Spaces releases the bracing air of the wilderness into the stuffy, heated confines of winter in civilization."
"Review" by , "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 praire lightning."
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A stunning collection of personal observations that uses images of the American West to probe larger concerns in lyrical, evocative prose that is a true celebration of the region.

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