{"product_id":"the-green-hour-alison-townsend-9780299334604","title":"The Green Hour: A Natural History of Home","description":"When Alison Townsend purchased her first house, in south-central Wisconsin, she put down roots where she never imagined settling. To understand how she came to live in the Midwest, she takes a journey through personal landscapes, considering the impact of geography at pivotal moments in her life, vividly illuminating the role of mourning, homesickness, and relocations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With sparkling, lyrical prose, \u003ci\u003eThe Green Hour\u003c\/i\u003e undulates effortlessly through time like a red-winged blackbird. Inspired by five beloved settings--eastern Pennsylvania, Vermont, California, western Oregon, and the spot atop the Wisconsin hill where she now resides--Townsend considers the role that place plays in shaping the self. She reveals the ways that a fresh perspective or new experience in any environment can incite wonder, build unexpected connections, and provide solace or salvation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mesmerizingly attentive to nature--its beauty, its fragility, and its redeeming powers--she asks what it means to live in community with wilderness and to allow our identities to be shaped by our interactions with it: our story as its story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alison Townsend\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0299334600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780299334604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Alison Townsend","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43996045541631,"sku":"9780299334604","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97a42cbe-f60d-4dbe-9547-f42d4b773f39.jpg?v=1683339383","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-green-hour-alison-townsend-9780299334604","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}