Claiming Ground

Name: Claiming Ground
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Laura Bell
ISBN: 9781449839826

Author: Laura Bell

Narrator: Laurie Birmingham

Unabridged: 7 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/04/2011

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs

Synopsis

A transcendent memoir from an author of rare talent, Laura Bell's Claiming Ground recounts Bell's time living mostly alone in the hills of Wyoming, where she herded sheep and cattle and battled isolation. A journey to the heart of self, Bell's work sparkles with shimmering prose and remarkable insight. "Bell's extraordinary ability to impart a true sense of place on each page reveals a stark and stunning landscape populated with a playbill of peculiar personalities."-Publishers Weekly, starred review

Reviews

Goodreads review by John of Canada on June 15, 2021

Brutally honest,divinely elegant,this is one of the finest memoir's I've read.The family stories are often heartbreaking,but Laura redeems herself consistently.One of the things that surprised me were the descriptions of the flora,and how much I enjoyed learning about it.The descriptions of sheep an......more

Goodreads review by Richard on November 11, 2024

Whoever the critic was was that pronounced the death of the memoir was just plain wrong. Laura Bell's "Claiming Ground" is a wonderful, passionate clear-eyed look at one womans life that will resonate with the reader for many reasons - if the dictum that the "unexamined life isn't worth living" then......more

Goodreads review by Clarissa on August 13, 2024

A beautifully written memoir. Captivating in a soft spoken way. What a life Laura lived. Heartbreaking, sad and full. If you’ve been to Wyoming you might kind of understand that wild lonely awe of that country. I am fascinated by the shepherding and I would love to know more about that…......more