This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind, (Paperback)

from maggie1944

I finished This House of Sky last night and I am feeling the Montana love. Well, maybe really I'm feeling the Doig love. His use of language is unique and very, very evocative. I felt like I was th...

from deldevries

Excellent writing to tale the story of rural growing up in rugged Montana. Although this is a memoir, Doig's writing gives a glimpse into growing up in the first half of the 1900's in rural Montana...

from satyridae

Doig's memoir of growing up out West is resonant and pure. His voice is singular, his prose glowing. Doig's mother died when he was 6 and he and his father made a life and a living on the ranches o...

from creynolds

Doig's The Whistling Season is one of my favorites, so I picked this up based on reviews. It was interesting and he had an unusual childhood, but often the prose style just didn't work for me. I'm ...

from lkernagh

Those of you who pay attention to my reading likes/dislikes will know that I don't usually gravitate towards books that describe the toil of living in the American West. After reading This House of...