Kasey Jueds's Reviews > A Field Guide to Getting Lost

Wow. I loved, loved, loved this book. It's unusual for me to experience a nonfiction book as un-put-downable, but that was exactly how I felt about A Field Guide to Getting Lost. As you might guess, these are meditations on lostness in its various guises, but they are so surprising, varied, beautiful and moving; Solnit's topics range from white settlers taken captive by Native Americans to the sudden death of a teenage friend to country music to the return of many native animals/birds to her native Northern California. She has a unique take on all her subjects, and her prose is lovely--graceful, honest, smart and lyrical. I found myself writing down a ton of quotes until I realized I just need to buy the book so I can reread it.