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A review by liberrydude
Querencia by Stephen J. Bodio
3.0
A love letter to New Mexico. Rural NM. Not just the land but the people. A Bostonian’s whimsical experiment in place morphs into his forever home. Like in religion when converts become zealous protectors so it is with transplants to New Mexico. They call it the Land of Enchantment for a good reason. I should know as I too like Bodio have been mesmerized by the place.
It’s not for everybody. Hunting. Cock fighting. At times his home reminded me of Farley Mowat’s writing with the menagerie- comical adventures with the animals. Any New Mexican will readily concur with his descriptions of the seasons and the topography. But this is a book that is a memoir too and it’s got plenty of vicissitudes. It was written in 1990 after the loss of a soulmate. In 2021 Bodio is still charging forward, still living in Magdalena, despite dealing with Parkinson’s Disease. Time to read his fiction book and maybe some of his books on birds.
It’s not for everybody. Hunting. Cock fighting. At times his home reminded me of Farley Mowat’s writing with the menagerie- comical adventures with the animals. Any New Mexican will readily concur with his descriptions of the seasons and the topography. But this is a book that is a memoir too and it’s got plenty of vicissitudes. It was written in 1990 after the loss of a soulmate. In 2021 Bodio is still charging forward, still living in Magdalena, despite dealing with Parkinson’s Disease. Time to read his fiction book and maybe some of his books on birds.