{"product_id":"the-green-hour-a-natural-history-of-home-hardcover","title":"The Green Hour: A Natural History of Home - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlison Townsend\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Alison Townsend purchased her first house, in south-central Wisconsin, she put down roots where she never imagined settling. To understand how she came to live in the Midwest, she takes a journey through personal landscapes, considering the impact of geography at pivotal moments in her life, vividly illuminating the role of mourning, homesickness, and relocations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With sparkling, lyrical prose, \u003ci\u003eThe Green Hour\u003c\/i\u003e undulates effortlessly through time like a red-winged blackbird. Inspired by five beloved settings-eastern Pennsylvania, Vermont, California, western Oregon, and the spot atop the Wisconsin hill where she now resides-Townsend considers the role that place plays in shaping the self. She reveals the ways that a fresh perspective or new experience in any environment can incite wonder, build unexpected connections, and provide solace or salvation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mesmerizingly attentive to nature-its beauty, its fragility, and its redeeming powers-she asks what it means to live in community with wilderness and to allow our identities to be shaped by our interactions with it: our story as its story.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlison Townsend is the award-winning author of two poetry collections, \u003ci\u003eThe Blue Dress\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePersephone in America\u003c\/i\u003e, and a volume of prose, \u003ci\u003eThe Persistence of Rivers\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a professor emerita of English at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53201232986475,"sku":"9780299334604","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8401\/2907\/files\/137f072f0eeb1add53f83697db480e7a.webp?v=1778375874","url":"https:\/\/fraulick.com\/products\/the-green-hour-a-natural-history-of-home-hardcover","provider":"frauLick.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}