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Cover of The Heart of the Sound

ISBN 0-87480-791-3 University of Utah Press

Cloth, 210 pp., 3 photographs, 1 map.

The Heart of the Sound: An Alaskan Paradise Found and Nearly Lost
March 2004

When the Exxon Valdez struck Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound on Good Friday 1989, millions of gallons of crude oil swept into the Sound, poisoning everything in its path. On the fifteenth anniversary of the spill comes one woman’s reflections on the devastation and the larger implications of that catastrophe.Twining together the destruction of an ecosystem, the disintegration of her marriage, and her emerging identity as a new mother, Holleman explores the resiliency of nature - both wild and human - and the ways in which that resiliency is tested.

"This book has it all: an original, compelling story; lyrical, evocative prose; a clear-eyed and passionate storyteller." ~Annie Dillard

"A love song to one of earth's loveliest and most threatened places...an extraordinary book full of wonder and passion..." ~David W. Orr

"An environmental masterpiece." ~Dennis Lythgoe

 

2006 Great Book Selection by Minnesota Women's Press.  www.womenspress.com

Nominated for the 2004 Pacific Northwest Bookseller's Award

Upcoming Events
see Press Room for previous events

December 1. Reading. First Fridays at Bernie's Lounge. Anchorage, AK.

December 3. Reading and Signing. Loussac Author's Fair. Anchorage, AK.

October 6. Book Signing. 8th World Wilderness Congress. Anchorage, AK. www.8wwc.org

March 28-April 2. Panel discussions. "Hearts AND Minds" and "Where It's All Too Real." Associated Writing Programs Annual Conference. Vancouver, B.C. www.awp.org

June 21-24. Panel Discussion/Reading. "New Voices, New Terrain." Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment Biannual Conference. Eugene, Oregon. www.asle.org

 

 

 
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