Taproot-Coming Home to Prairie Hill - Couverture souple

Molnar, Martha Leb

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 149922107X ISBN 13 : 9781499221077

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

"Taproot" is a love story between a woman and 40 acres of a Vermont hilltop. It's about fulfilling fantasies as the nest empties. It's about the search for roots against a family's journey from the brink of annihilation. And about making a home in a baffling natural and human environment. A deft combination of memoir and nature writing, "Taproot" tells the story of a couple's search for the perfect land and the often amusing saga of building a house. Bill McKibben and Vermont Poet Laureate Sydney Lea agree that what sets the book apart is the beauty of the writing and the way it touches on universal fears and longings. A recent transplant from the New York City area and a commentator on Vermont Public Radio, Martha Leb Molnar describes how she and her husband, both children of Holocaust survivors, strive to overcome their nomadic lives by devotion to a place. They buy land on a rugged hill, build a house, and begin a new life, observing the huge bowl of sky, the windstorms, the seasons, and the puzzling animal and human neighbors. We follow the author as she faces down her fears and finds strength in the natural world. We share the reward of not just hanging on to a dream but making it happen. The book inspires, entertains and informs.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Martha Leb Molnar is a writer, commentator and public relations professional. Her commentaries on Vermont from a newcomer's perspective air regularly on Vermont Public Radio. Her writing has been featured in the anthologies "Peak Experiences: Danger, Death and Daring in the Mountains of the Northeast"; "Making Connections: Mother-Daughter Travel Adventures"; and "Wild With Child: Adventures of Families in the Great Outdoors." Earlier in her career, she wrote for The New York Times and other newspapers. She earned a certificate in Botany from the New York Botanical Garden, and uses what she learned throughout "Taproot: Coming Home to Prairie Hill," which is her first book. Despite her love of writing, Ms. Molnar is only a foul-weather writer. Good weather in any season finds her outside gardening, biking, hiking, swimming or skiing.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 149922107X
• ISBN 13: 9781499221077
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 262
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg