Lay of the Land: A View From the Prairie

by Brent Olson

Book by Olson, Brent

172 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1998

Reviews

[Megan Buffington · Rating 5 out of 5]

I blazed through these essays. I'm not sure if it was the reliability, or Olson's way of putting such complex, abstract feelings into simple words and metaphors, but time after time he had me laughing aloud or on the verge of tears -- and the book was only 172 pages.

"We are all searching for something worth dying for. One of the most difficult problems of modern life is dealing with the fact that for a lot of us, the dying takes place a little at a time. That doesn't make it less heroic, just less noticeable."

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of boring but not bad...

[Abigail (Abbe) · Rating 3 out of 5]

MR. Olson made me laugh out loud throughout the whole book.
This was a nice quick read.