{"product_id":"the-solace-of-open-spaces-paperback","title":"The Solace of Open Spaces - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA transcendent, lyrical meditation on life in the American West\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wyoming has found its Whitman.\" --Annie Dillard \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51110260998367,"sku":"9780140081138","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/W1ozW3JUgR9780140081138.webp?v=1786276316","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-solace-of-open-spaces-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}