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When Alison Townsend purchased her first house, in south-central
Wisconsin, she put down roots where she never imagined settling. To
understand how she came to live in the Midwest, she takes a journey
through personal landscapes, considering the impact of geography at
pivotal moments in her life, vividly illuminating the role of
mourning, homesickness, and relocations. With sparkling, lyrical
prose, The Green Hour undulates effortlessly through time like a
red-winged blackbird. Inspired by five beloved settings-eastern
Pennsylvania, Vermont, California, western Oregon, and the spot
atop the Wisconsin hill where she now resides-Townsend considers
the role that place plays in shaping the self. She reveals the ways
that a fresh perspective or new experience in any environment can
incite wonder, build unexpected connections, and provide solace or
salvation. Mesmerizingly attentive to nature-its beauty, its
fragility, and its redeeming powers-she asks what it means to live
in community with wilderness and to allow our identities to be
shaped by our interactions with it: our story as its story.
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