A Rough Guide to the Heart

A Rough Guide to the Heart

by PamHouston (Author)

Synopsis

In these essays Pam Houston treats us to a celebration of real-life adventures which range over five years and five continents. But whatever Houston's destination - whether Bhutan or Bolivia or Traverse City - it is only the starting point from which she extracts her personal emotional journey. She is searching here for a place - not too safe but not too threatening - from which to negotiate mountain goats and river ice, camping trips and wine. Through her we meet some good dogs, a few good men, and the occasional grizzly. There's a horse named Roany with the presence of a Zen master. And there's a Buddhist named Karma, all proving what Houston has always suspected: fiction has nothing on real life.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Published: 01 Mar 2001

ISBN 10: 1860498493
ISBN 13: 9781860498497
Book Overview: * Review coverage in national press and women's magazines * Backlist titles will be offered as prizes on the Virago website

Media Reviews
Beautiful and perceptive travel pieces .. .elegantly written * THE TIMES *
A first-rate piece of travel-journalism, written in the lush, evocative style of an outdoor mystic * LITERARY REVIEW *
A remarkable woman. Her descriptions of desert dawns and endless skies are evocative and beautiful * SUNDAY TIMES *
Author Bio
Pam Houston is a part-time river and hunting guide, but not a hunter. She lives in a high valley in Colorado, a place she calls the Roof of America.