Place in Mind, A
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The unlikely friendship between professor Brant Healey and Louis, an unlettered, superstitious woodsman, is at the heart of A Place in Mind. These two men love fishing and hunting, the rural Maine landscape, whiskey from tin cups, and stories that emerge from campfires and cold rivers.
"'In a series of lyrical, stunningly crafted flashbacks, Brant Healy recalls barroom brawls, lusty affairs, travels to France and a crucial friendship, all over a span of 40-odd years." --New York Times Book Review "A Place in Mind is a thoughtful, uplifting examination of a lifelong friendship and a tribute to the human spirit. It celebrates the beauty of rivers, lakes, and woods in an era before pollution and ecological disaster." --Library JournaI "This is a novel for which the words haunting and elegiac are correct but sadly inadequate." --Outside "Lea is able to weave a rich web, full of country anecdotes, real Maine speech, and vivid portraits of bird shooting and deer hunting and Brant's one all-too-believable tragic love affair. And, above all, fishing. Maybe this really is a fly-fishing book, at least in a way, say, A River Runs Through It is..." --Gray's Sporting Journal |
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