{"product_id":"reservoir-year-9780815611240","title":"Reservoir Year","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuietly transformative, \u003cem\u003eReservoir Year\u003c\/em\u003e encourages readers to find their own ways to unplug and slow down, reconnecting with nature, reviving old passions and sparking some new ones along the path.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShengold’s beautifully calibrated rhythm of language conveys all the rhythm of walking—the quiet, graceful stride along with lively, animated steps, the contemplative solitary strolls and those shared with companions. But she offers us as well the rhythm of the infinitesimal and the grand; of the expected and the unexpected; of the abstract and the real. Shengold suggests what it is to be an attentive human being, which is why accompanying her on these reservoir walks is as restorative as the walks themselves. Reservoir Year is both a lyrical form of devotion as well as halcyon cry to wake up and notice the life around us. A most timely and superb book! Shengold’s memoir explores a reservoir of feelings. Accompanied by her elegant, unpretentious prose, the reader comes upon surprises: a bear, an eagle feather, a crimson forest. Filled to the brim with subtle revelations, of sun-washed illuminations but also the poignant history; a drowned town lies below the shimmering surface. Expect to be moved, and then overcome by the tenderness and variety of Shengold’s emotional literary palette. This is nature writing of the highest and most delightful order. To walk with Shengold along the banks of the Ashokan Reservoir, is to see the Catskills—its ever-changing sky, its magnificent wildlife, and even its ghosts—through the lens of a writer of rare and exquisite sensibility. For a walking companion with a witty, curious and unorthodox mind who is also a stunningly good writer, read Nina Shengold's \u003ci\u003eReservoir Year.\u003c\/i\u003e  I loved loved loved every word and then I cried at the end.","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49527958470999,"sku":"9780815611240","price":19.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780815611240.jpg?v=1731869862","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/reservoir-year-9780815611240","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}