Non-fiction about a woman who truly is in tune with nature, and her surprising friendship with a fox living on her land.
There is some beautiful writing on nature in this book, and author has deep knowledge about the living things all around. She has worked as a park ranger, field guide, and her love for living things really shows in this book.
The format of the book is interesting – events don’t take place according to a traditional timeline. She gets into the heads of some of the animals and show what she imagines their lives and feeling might be like. What comes out of this is a unique view of nature, and I think she did accomplish that goal.
There are some allusions to her childhood (sounded tough) and how hard she has worked to learn and earn a doctorate degree, and you can tell she is intensely proud of her accomplishments and her intelligence. The Mensa group is mentioned (a few times) and I thought that her intelligence or what other people thought about her kind of detracted from the central story here – a unique relationship with an “unboxed” animal.
I was glad to read this book, because it was an unusual look into someone who really does live well with nature.
Next I am reading The Most Important Thing by Howard Marks.
