Living by Water: True Stories of Nature and Spirit

by Brenda Peterson

From her home near the shores of Puget Sound, Peterson explores the tidal pull of the mist-shrouded Pacific Northwest.

Genres: Nonfiction, Nature

160 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1990

About the author

Brenda Peterson is the author of over 20 books, including the recently released murder mystery, Stiletto. Her first memoir Build Me an Ark: A Life with Animals, chosen as a “Best Spiritual Book of 2001,” to three novels, one of which, Duck and Cover, was chosen by New York Times as a Notable Book of the Year. Her second memoir, a dark comedy of family and faith, is I Want To Be Left Behind: Finding Rapture Here on Earth; it was selected by The Christian Science Monitor among the Top Ten Best Non-Fiction Books and chosen by independent bookstores as an Indie Next and a Great Read.
Her non-fiction has appeared in numerous national newspapers, journals, and magazines, including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Reader’s Digest, Christian Science Monitor, O: The Oprah Magazine, and Utne Reader. Oprah.com featured her Your Life is a Book: How to Craft and Publish Your Memoir. Her new kid’s are Wild Orca and Lobo: A Wolf Family Returns Home.

Reviews

[Katrina Johnson]

First half of the book is a lovely story of spiritual connection between people and nature. The second half of the book trails off and tells random stories that don’t seem much connected to the nature and spirituality that was key to the first half of the book.

[Wanda]

I enjoyed these tales of a journey thru life and especially the many places she lived and worked that I'm very familiar with.