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A Singular Notion
Beneath an old school bell in front of the author's rural Wyoming home, hangs the sign, "LISTEN." In this multi-hued work, Carrier invites us to listen with her as she "seeks balances" while facing the reality of her mother dying. In exquisite prose, she plumbs the depths and music of mind and spirit. As we read these essays, we, too, begin to listen, "anticipating rhythms," of a fullness that transcends known paths and unfolds into an open field of expectancy. These essays express beauty and grace, joy and benediction, and above all, power and wholeness. -Gaydell Collier, co-editor for Leaning Into the Wind and the Windbook series
195 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2006
About the author
Renée Carrier
10 books5 followersTHE EARTH IS HER OWN, the riveting conclusion to Carrier's Riven Country series (a quartet) is available as an e-book and in paperback. What began with THE RIVEN COUNTRY OF SENGA MUNRO, the story of a wounded healer, nudged by the Universe, set mostly in Wyoming, proceeded with the second in the series, STARWALLOW, exploring the distance between home and the journey necessary to come home to oneself. THE SIMPLER, Book III, examines obsession and madness, whether in Paris, France, a manor in Ireland, Wyoming's Black Hills. The last poses the question, what exactly is Senga? Her captivity in a deep cave beneath Devils Tower leads to an unforeseen future, for one who sees what others cannot.
Renée's nonfiction work, CROFTER, A Wyoming Homestead Manual and Radical Memoir, Rooted in Place, is available as an E-Book, paperback, and hardback. CROFTER describes life on a small rural homestead, disguised as pages of a manual. Amended by recollections of her Air Force childhood, she stretches memory decades into the now.
As a child, Renée lived in France and five Southern states, “migrating” to Wyoming at eighteen to attend the university where she earned a B.A in French. "Having lived in rural Wyoming for decades, I remain its student of place."
A memoir, A SINGULAR NOTION, was published in 2006 by the Higher Shelf imprint of Pronghorn Press. In 2010 she compiled, edited, and published her fighter-pilot father's early aviation memoir as a short run. Currently out of print, a second edition is planned.
The author and her husband, a retired school superintendent, tend an apple farm, a garden, and raise garlic and herbs—medicinal and culinary. Two children and three grandchildren live out of state. Renée is a past recipient of the Frank Neilson Doubleday Writing Award by the Wyoming Arts Council. She continues to sing and play the odd musical performance and practice family herbalism, which wends its way into her writing "like a possessed vine." She enjoys knitting, walking, reading, viewing good films, and traveling.
Renée's nonfiction work, CROFTER, A Wyoming Homestead Manual and Radical Memoir, Rooted in Place, is available as an E-Book, paperback, and hardback. CROFTER describes life on a small rural homestead, disguised as pages of a manual. Amended by recollections of her Air Force childhood, she stretches memory decades into the now.
As a child, Renée lived in France and five Southern states, “migrating” to Wyoming at eighteen to attend the university where she earned a B.A in French. "Having lived in rural Wyoming for decades, I remain its student of place."
A memoir, A SINGULAR NOTION, was published in 2006 by the Higher Shelf imprint of Pronghorn Press. In 2010 she compiled, edited, and published her fighter-pilot father's early aviation memoir as a short run. Currently out of print, a second edition is planned.
The author and her husband, a retired school superintendent, tend an apple farm, a garden, and raise garlic and herbs—medicinal and culinary. Two children and three grandchildren live out of state. Renée is a past recipient of the Frank Neilson Doubleday Writing Award by the Wyoming Arts Council. She continues to sing and play the odd musical performance and practice family herbalism, which wends its way into her writing "like a possessed vine." She enjoys knitting, walking, reading, viewing good films, and traveling.
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January 13, 2015
A Singular Notion is a beautiful book. I loved the writer's descriptions of her present-day life in rural Wyoming, in the Black Hills, as well as her stories of growing up in France. As she cares for her mother, who is dying, the author reflects upon life, offering wisdom and hope. The style of the writing is lyrical and lovely. A book to be savored and reread.
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