{"product_id":"the-solace-of-open-spaces-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 \u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50604650070290,"sku":"9780140081138","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3196dc48-73b7-49b7-914f-76aa9f89c4b2.jpg?v=1732262259","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-solace-of-open-spaces-9780140081138","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}