Landscapes by Christine Lai is written as a diary by the main character, Penelope, as she must leave her home, an estate in the English countryside due to environmental collapse, where she archives what remains of the art collection. Writing and art offer ways to save ourselves from traumatic memories and hold on to what matters in a world ravaged by climate change. The themes of our inner worlds and memories as landscapes and how our physical landscapes change. Exceptional.
Also, The Quickening by Elizabeth Rush, I have not read this but have heard great things and listened to a few podcasts with the author.
Thank you Katie! Wow, Landscapes sounds incredible; am definitely going to pick that up. We read The Quickening last year for book club! Your book intuiting is spot on.
Not sure if these two books are on your list!
Landscapes by Christine Lai is written as a diary by the main character, Penelope, as she must leave her home, an estate in the English countryside due to environmental collapse, where she archives what remains of the art collection. Writing and art offer ways to save ourselves from traumatic memories and hold on to what matters in a world ravaged by climate change. The themes of our inner worlds and memories as landscapes and how our physical landscapes change. Exceptional.
Also, The Quickening by Elizabeth Rush, I have not read this but have heard great things and listened to a few podcasts with the author.
Thank you Katie! Wow, Landscapes sounds incredible; am definitely going to pick that up. We read The Quickening last year for book club! Your book intuiting is spot on.
Also, your book project sounds incredible as does the PARAKEET writing program!
If it's not already on a list, I recommend you scoop Nathaniel Ian Miller's 2021 book The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven.
OOOH it is not! Thank you, dear Faythe!!
I haven’t!! Thank you for the rec!