Full of fresh ideas
Faraway NearbyDiscovering a new writer like Rebecca Solnit is one of the reasons I love our book club. (The company is another!). This is a collection of essays on a wide variety of subjects varying from Icelandic art to Frankenstein to Che Guevara. They defy categorisation but are loosely held together by the story of a time in her life that include a disappearing boyfriend, a cancer diagnosis and losing her difficult mother to Alzheimer's. She writes beautifully, honestly and insightfully. Looking forward to reading more of her.