Having enjoyed Close Range: Wyoming Stories, I was eager to read the author’s recently published biography. Annie Proulx, author of the popular Brokeback Mountain has written an unusual memoir. Bird Cloud is the name she gave to the nature preserve property she purchased for building her dream home. In the construction process, Proulx discovers in her wry storytelling that things don’t always go quite as planned, but despite her misgivings about her intended sanctuary, the book is filled with lyrical descriptions of her enjoyment of the bountiful natural world and the inscrutable activities of the wildlife around her property. Her memoir is in part a natural history lesson about Wyoming, but in larger part a tribute to the importance of finding a place that feels like home. Suitable for an adult audience.
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