Out Here: A Newcomer's Notes from the Great Northwest

by Andrew Ward

Pacific Northwest

Genres: Memoir

208 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1991

Reviews

[Sallie · Rating 4 out of 5]

The authors writing is delicious. I’m not sure unless you’ve lived on or visited Bainbridge Island WA if you would appreciate this book totally but it is like a trip there. There is humor sadness and it’s a great adventure. Maybe because my daughter lived there and now resides in another part of the State I loved it. The ferry rides, picking blackberries, snowy Xmas. All great.

[May Ling · Rating 3 out of 5]

The short stories were interesting and short. This is a great bathroom book. I think you'll enjoy it more if you are already a fan of his exerts on NPR. For me it passed the time, but nothing more. I just don't relate as much to his little stories about every day life as I'm an urban sort of gal with no kids.

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fabulous collection of essays.

[Jamie Tommins · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the most pleasant surprises I've ever stumbled into at a local library book sale. Ward's prose is warm, elegant and crystal clear, perfectly at home in the misty chill of Puget Sound.

[Jean]

Bainbridge Island.

[Al Doyle]

Andrew Ward moved from the East coast to Bainbridge Island about three years before I moved from Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood to Bainbridge Island. While I still lived on the Island, Ward was a "local hero" for his writing and NPR commentary giving his take on Island life. Finally I found a signed copy of "Out Here" for $1.75 at the Bainbridge Library book sale. (This is a sale where we donated over 250 books when we left the Island in January, 2016.) I loved reading about Ward's transplant experience, as it was somewhat similar to my own. Excect for him living in a fancy waterfront enclave, and me in a falling down "fixer" farmhouse with chickens, ducks and geese roaming the back yard. Ward created a very enjoyable read and a true to life reflection on Island Life. I would recommend it highly for anyone who has or does have a connection to Bainbridge and the greater Puget Sound lifestyle.