In This We are Native: Memoirs and Journeys

by Annick Smith

The film producer who made A River Runs Through It and Heartland serves up a beautiful memoir of her life in the American West, arguing passionately for a new environmental awareness.

Genres: Nonfiction

304 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2001

Reviews

[Bill Yates · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't finish the book. The first part was interesting, but then the book drifted into disjointed travel experiences.

[Kimberly Gray · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book so much. The story of her father dying brought back memories of my own dad's death. It just reached into my soul.

[Shomeret · Rating 4 out of 5]

Annick Smith is a very lyrical writer who makes any subject she writes about interesting. They range from struggles over environmental issues in her area of Montana, homages to nature, an essay about the poet Pablo Neruda, various travelogues and personal memoirs. The most intensely personal is her poignant and insightful essay about her father's death. There are flashes of brilliance in Annick Smith's prose throughout the book that will stay with me long after I forget whatever facts I may have learned from it.