| Record Number |
808147 |
| ISBN |
9781911547334 (paperback) |
| Author |
Ehrlick, Gretel author. |
| Title |
The solace of open spaces / Gretel Ehrlick ; with an introduction by Amy Liptrot. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Daunt Books, 2019. |
| ©1985 |
| Pagination etc. |
xv, 167 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Contents note |
First published in the USA by Viking Penguin Inc. 1985. |
| Published in Penguin Books 1986. |
| Summary Note |
In 1976, Gretel Ehrlich travelled from her home in New York to Wyoming to shoot a film on sheep herders. While she was away, her partner died. Although she had never planned to stay, Ehrlich found herself unable to leave. What started out as a work trip became the beginning of a new life, as well as a long and deep attachment to place. Writing of sheep herding alone across Wyoming badlands, her experience of being struck by lightning, the true meaning of cowboys, and taking her new husband to the rodeo for their honeymoon, as well as the changing seasons, extreme winters and the wind, Ehrlich draws us into her personal relationship with this 'planet of Wyoming' she has come to call home. As tough as it is tender, The Solace of Open Spaces is travel memoir that is embedded in place, and nature writing with an unexpected bite. It is a bold testimony to how the landscape we live in affects who we are. |
| Subject - Name |
Ehrlick, Gretel -- Homes and haunts -- Wyoming |
| Subject |
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography |
| Wyoming -- Social life and customs -- 20th century |
| Autobiographies. |
| Added Author |
Liptrot, Amy writer of introduction. |
| Shelf Location |
814.54 EHRL |
