North of Now: A Celebration of Country and the Soon to be Gone

by W.D. Wetherell

Beautifully written essays about the country life.

276 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Walter D. Wetherell is the author of eleven previous works of fiction and nonfiction. He has received two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, two O. Henry Awards, the Drue Heinz Literature Prize, and, most recently, the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Strauss Living Award. He lives in Lyme, New Hampshire, with his wife and two children. His latest novel is A Century of November.

Reviews

[Martha Jean · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maybe ya gotta be an oldster to appreciate this, but i LOVED this nostalgic look at how things used to be. When this book was originally published, in 1998, I would not have understood why such small things, the sounds that the meadows make, around the house, the sounds of the wild trout, jumping in the Connecticut River, etc., are important. Then I was living in go, go, go downtown Miami, and worked in the public schools, and had teenagers about. Now I CRAVE the quiet. So I ""get"" Wetherell . This is one of those instances where the exact right book falls into the hands of the person who needs it!

[Edward Walker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the essays seem to drift away from the book's basic premise. I was expecting more as I am an admirer of the river trilogy by Wetherell, but this one seemed to fall flat with me. It was a chore to finish it.