Luscious ... Humphreys offers a fresh view of a philosopher thought of as a loner ... Humphreys closely bases her novel on Thoreau’s meticulous, 2-million-word journal.
Uniquely lyrical, empathic, and transporting ... Steeped in Thoreau’s writing, Humphreys gracefully and perceptively imagines the inner life of a singular earth ecstatic more comfortable with bluebirds than humans, attuned to the seasons and the lay of the land, and blissful in solitude and communion with the page.
