The Faraway Nearby by Rebecca Solnit

The Faraway Nearby

Rebecca Solnit

259 pages first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays memoir reflective slow-paced
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Gifts come in many guises. One summer, Rebecca Solnit was bequeathed three boxes of ripening apricots, which lay, mountainous, on her bedroom floor – a windfall, a riddle, an emergency to be dealt with. The fruit came from a neglected tree that he...

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reflective 100%
emotional 55%
inspiring 36%
informative 34%
challenging 24%
hopeful 24%
sad 20%
adventurous 15%
dark 6%
relaxing 5%
mysterious 3%
funny 1%

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medium 42%

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