The heart of the sound

the long version

"If much of nature writing is about the heart's search for an unspoiled landscape, The Heart of the Sound is about what happens when the return-to-paradise fantasy is over and paradise is lost." "Holleman creates a captivating picture of a woman who found her Eden in the sweeping fjords of Alaska only to almost lose it to ecological tragedy. Speaking as a witness and as a survivor, she shares in language both beautiful and strong what it means to rediscover and to love an imperfect place."--Jacket.