This House Of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind [B1883]

1978 PB in nice clean condition. National Book Award Finalist: A "beautifully written, deeply felt" memoir about growing up in the American West (Los Angeles Times). Ivan Doig grew up in the rugged wilderness of western Montana among the sheepherders and denizens of small-town saloons and valley ranches. What he deciphers from his past with piercing clarity is not only a raw sense of land and how it shapes us, but also of the ties to our mothers and fathers, to those who love us, and our inextricable connection to those who shaped our values in our search for intimacy, independence, love, and family. A powerfully told story, This House of Sky is uniquely American-yet also universal in its ability to awaken a longing for an explicable past. "Engrossing and moving."-Time.

From recent Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Beautiful prose. Beautiful memories of life gone by and then the thoughts of love that were given in the daily simple things even through hard work and scrapping to live. Well done family."; "Loved it. How people and places (and animals) can and do make a person."; "He's a great writer. This is the second book of his I've enjoyed. Colorful characters, beautiful sentences, lots of tender emotion- he's a treat to read."; "A beautiful, and touching memoir of a lifestyle soon to be forgotten. This book reinforced my long-held belief that each soul ever to walk a path on this earth deserves to be remembered. This is easily my favorite of the memoir genre. I am forever grateful to Ivan Doig for sharing it with me."