Trespass: Living at the Edge of the Promised Land
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.26 (924 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0865477450 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Publishers Weekly In this clouded memoir, Irvine, former development director for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA), pursues her tortuous trajectory from a loosely Mormon upbringing to strident environmental activism. With her mother and sister, Irvine grew up a Jack Mormon (one whose belief in the Church of the Latter Day Saints has lapsed), endured a brief marriage with a yuppie vegetarian and found true love with a lawyer named Herb, with whom she moved to San Juan County, Utah. However, her work is filled with so much tertiary detail that emotional resonance is rare. (Feb.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. . As Irvine, a grant-proposal wr
Her story is one of ruin and restoration, of learning to live among people who fear the wilderness the way they fear the devil and how that fear fuels an antagonism toward environmental concerns that pervades the region. At the same time, Irvine mourns her own loss of wildness and disconnection from spirituality, while ultimately discovering that the provinces of nature and faith are not as distinct as she once might have believed.. Fearing what her father's fate might somehow portend for her, Irvine retreated into the remote recesses of the Colorado Plateauhome not only to the world's most renowned national parks but also to a rugged brand of cowboy Mormonism that stands in defiant contrast to the world at large. A wilderness activist and apostate Mormon, Amy Irvine sought respite in the desert outback of southern Utah's red-rock country after her father's suicide, only to find out just how much of an interloper she was among her own people. But more than simply an exploration of personal loss, Trespass is an elegy for a dying world, for the ruin of one of our most beloved and unique desert landscapes and for our vanishing connection to it. "<
"A story told for many of our hearts" according to Magpie. Amy Irvine's novel, Trespass, may be considered one of the greatest environmental memoirs of the early 21st century. A meticulous personal telling of southern Utah's current environmental crisis, Trespass delves its readers into the harsh dichotomies facing those who call Sa. "Multi-Level" according to William H. Finley. This book resonates on several levels. The author draws you in with her compelling life-story and wraps you in the freedom of the wild places of Southeastern Utah; at the same time providing an insider's guide to Morman culture and thought. All of this plays out against a fr. "Marvelous journey" according to Book lover. This is a marvelous journey through time, space and the author's psyche. Thanks to Amy Irvine for sharing her searing experiences against the backdrop of the most beautiful landscape in America and amidst the history of Utah's compelling peoples.