Appalachian Summer

In Appalachian Summer, Marcia Bonta offers a day-by-day account of summer's budding, blossoming, and fading on her 650-acre property in south-central Pennsylvania. During this summer, the author's first grandchild grows alongside the forest animals that populate the mountain. A local girl disappears, and while searchers comb the mountain for her, Bonta poses questions about women's safety in the woods and why they might hesitate to hike or camp on their own. Undeterred, she continues her meandering daily walks around her forested home, making minute observations of this one place in this one season, ultimately laying bare the undeniable connections we retain to the natural world--which is, after all, our own.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 05/06/1999
ISBN: 9780822956938
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.49h x 5.26w x 0.49d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 06/01/1999 pg. 845
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2000 pg. 93 - Strongly Recommended