The Faraway Nearby

Synopsis

A new york times notable bookfinalist for the national book critics circle awarda personal, lyrical narrative about storytelling and empathy, from the author of orwell's roses apricots. Her mother's disintegrating memory. An invitation to iceland. Illness. These are rebecca solnit's raw materials, but the faraway nearby goes beyond her own life, as she spirals out into the stories she heard and read—from fairy tales to mary shelley's frankenstein—that helped her navigate her difficult passge.