The Green Hour: A Natural History of Home A. T. Qureshi when the cow will calve

when the cow will calve

As the invasion of Salerno beckons outside her rural home

becomes something more

In The Summer Book Tove Jansson distills the essence of the summer—its sunlight and storms—into twenty-two crystalline vignettes

to history

The Green Hour: A Natural History of Home A. T. Qureshi when the cow will calveWhen Alison Townsend purchased her first house, in south central Wisconsin, she put down roots where she never imagined settling. To understand how she came to live in the Midwest, she takes a journey through personal landscapes, considering the impact of geography at pivotal moments in her life, vividly illuminating the role of mourning, homesickness, and relocations. With sparkling, lyrical prose, The Green Hour undulates effortlessly through time