Drinking the Rain by Alix Kates Shulman
From Library Journal:
Novelist Alix Kates Shulman here tries her hand at feminist autobiography, detailing, in graceful and readable prose, the story of her midlife transformation. She leaves her writer and political activist's life in New York City for solitary habitation on an island off the coast of Maine, discovering there an abundance of life at its most elemental. Living in a cabin without indoor plumbing or heating, she spends her days writing and foraging for meals among tidal pools and sandy beaches. Through her solitary experience, she discovers the interconnectedness of all life, even the ties between her city life, with all its bustle and waste, and her life on this island. At age 50, Shulman experiences new love (replacing years of a troubled marriage) as well as renewed threats to her sense of self. Highly recommended.
2 comments:
after the Carthusians, I think I would like to read this book. The foraging part is sort on intriguing, as well as everything else you have described
Sophia refers to the Carthusians, an order of Catholic monks, nuns and lay persons. She's currently reading An Infinity of Little Hours: Five Young Men and Their Trial of Faith in the Western World's Most Austere Monastic Order by Nancy K. Maguire. I'm hoping to read it, too.
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