Songs from Fern's Pond

<p><strong>Reminiscent of Mary Oliver's <em>A Thousand Mornings </em>and Amanda Thomson's <em>Belonging</em> this evocative blend of poetry prose and personal letters unfurls a story of an untamed beautiful place-and one woman's choice to spend the last chapter of her life making it her home.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>At age sixty-two Fern started a new life.</strong></p><p></p><p>Recently widowed she found a piece of neglected acreage above the Snake River on which to build a home forge a community-and find renewed purpose. On the land around Fern's Pond she nurtured a vineyard an abundant garden and a small farm of one cow a goat and chickens. She befriended wild ducks and harvested trout in her waters and she used the materials that grew around the pond and springs to weave baskets-unique works of art that captured the elegance of the natural world.</p><p></p><p><em>Songs from Fern's Pond</em> is a collage of poetry letters and prose that captures the universal resilience of the human spirit through the humor and courage of a woman who fearlessly pursued the life she dreamed of. A duet of text between mother and daughter it's a transcendent vision of the rough wild and beautiful landscape of the heart-and a reminder that every chapter is worth living to its fullest.</p>