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In this engaging new memoir, a loose sequel to her earlier Prairie Reunion, Barbara Scot explores her reluctance and longing to reconnect with a much-loved brother, lost to alcoholism for thirty years.
Scot uses long, meditative walks at the “clothing optional” beach of the idyllic Sauvie Island near Portland, Oregon, to explore circle of relatives responsibility, time’s passage, and faith. She weaves entries from her notebook―a record of the island’s flora and fauna, descriptions of the “Extraordinary Ones” she encounters at the beach, and stories about the native people who once lived at the river―with the primary narrative, tracing her seek for her brother, her close friendship with a fellow creator, and day-to-day life at the houseboat moorage where she lives.
The Nude Beach Notebook highlights the importance of place as a means for exploring and interpreting one’s own story. In spite of everything, Scot’s walks on Sauvie Island lead to her own redemptive journey. She considers the uses of fiction and non-fiction in memory and in writing, the brevity and great thing about human existence, and the inscrutable, enduring mystery of death.
Scot uses long, meditative walks at the “clothing optional” beach of the idyllic Sauvie Island near Portland, Oregon, to explore circle of relatives responsibility, time’s passage, and faith. She weaves entries from her notebook―a record of the island’s flora and fauna, descriptions of the “Extraordinary Ones” she encounters at the beach, and stories about the native people who once lived at the river―with the primary narrative, tracing her seek for her brother, her close friendship with a fellow creator, and day-to-day life at the houseboat moorage where she lives.
The Nude Beach Notebook highlights the importance of place as a means for exploring and interpreting one’s own story. In spite of everything, Scot’s walks on Sauvie Island lead to her own redemptive journey. She considers the uses of fiction and non-fiction in memory and in writing, the brevity and great thing about human existence, and the inscrutable, enduring mystery of death.
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