Heart Earth

This is a prequel to This House of Sky. Ivan Doig came across a precious cache of letters written between his parents, grandmother, and maternal uncle. It helped him understand some of the family tensions. It also gave him insight to his Mom, who died unexpectedly when he was just six years old.......more

I didn’t expect to enjoy this book so much. I’m not much of a reader of memoirs. But this is like reading one of Doig’s fictional tales. It is an incredible legacy for his family in particular, and anyone from that area of Montana. It is a fun adventure throughout the book.......more

Imaginative and moving, with plenty of details, and a type of soft humor as this family's life and fate is retold in a colorful way by Mr. Doig, through the discovery of a old tin box full of war time letters and correspondence. Blurb excerpt: "... this remarkably told saga of the Doigs and their jou......more