A Field Guide to Getting Lost in Nature Calls

May 28, 2022 Gina Bégin rated it it was ok

She writes beautifully, if it were a short story or a poem that has quick ending, but I feel like I'm gasping for breath and wondering why we're still talking about ... whatever we're talking about. Actually, it's not why "we're" still talking — but why is "she" still talking?

She's obviously intelligent and well-informed. But there are too many flowery words and references to abstracts to describe pretty much everything. Everything. Caterpillars. Punk rock. Urban decay. A movie about a hospital ...more

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Aug 01, 2012 Christy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: philosophy, memoir-and-autobiography, nature-environment-animals, maps-travel-geography, favorites

Rebecca Solnit's A Field Guide to Getting Lost is a lovely & ultimately optimistic meditation on loss & exploration. Recommended to everyone. ...more

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Aug 14, 2017 Savannah Paige Murray rated it really liked it

More like 4.5 stars for me. I love Solnit's style and voice, so smart yet still approachable. I would highly recommend this book for anyone curious in what it means to "get lost," to lose, to grieve. Such an interesting set of examinations on that theme woven with personal memoirs and Solnit's characteristic influx of historical anecdotes as well. A great book. ...more

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Mar 25, 2019 Liza David rated it it was amazing

Struggled at the beginning, moved quietly through the middle and drifted to the end. A book that holds the space we move in, a lovely exploration of being lost, getting lost, loss and losing.

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