Range of Light
Two old friends who have not seen each other for decades spend a week hiking through the stunning scenery of California's High Sierra Twenty-five years ago, a group of five high schoolers trekked through the High Sierra. Now, two of them--lesbian Kath and straight Adele--come back to repeat their journey and renew their friendship. In chapters that alternate between the women's voices, they reveal their pasts, their thoughts, and their reactions both to the scenery and to each other. For Kath, the sublime topography of the Sierra is inspiring and invigorating. Adele is more trepidatious. Over the course of their journey up to High Country, old stories, tensions, dreams, and disappointments come to the surface. A unique study of the complexity of the bonds between women, this transporting book, written with elegance and restraint, is among Miner's finest work.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1497637996
ISBN13:9781497637993
Release Date:August 2014
Publisher:Open Road Integrated Media LLC
Length:301 Pages
Weight:0.76 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
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Light up your life - read this book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This is one of the best books I have ever read, and I read a *lot* of books. Valerie Miner's prose reads like poetry and her characters are rich and complex. The book is about the friendship of two women who have been estranged for 25 years but were best friends growing up. They now find themselves alone together on what had been planned as a reunion camping trip with the gang of five girls who had been best pals in high school. Valerie Miner uses the California Sierras as almost another character and I felt like I could see, hear and smell exactly what she was describing. This is a book that engages your brain as well as all of your senses.
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