This was such a beautifully written book (see James Mustich's blurb below because he uses the same word). The picture of his growing up in Montana is so vivid. I loved how he told the stories of his father and grandmother. This might be my favorite of the year.
I had to pick one that I knew my hubby would like. It was a hit. We didn't finish it, but he checked it out to finish reading it himself. Score!
This House of Sky is one of the most beautiful books you will ever read. It is the story of three survivors (Ivan, his father, and his maternal grandmother), and of the environment—the hardscrabble world of Montana sheep ranching—that shaped them all, and which they each outlasted. Doig was blessed with a gift for refreshing common experience and everyday struggle with the benediction of the right words. In powerful writing about the landscape of Montana and the influence it has exerted on the spirit and culture of its inhabitants; about ranching and its associated works and days; about memory, family, and all the ramifications of kinship, Doig poignantly charts the translation of experience from labor to language across the generations.
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