A Separate Place: A Family, a Cabin in the Woods, and a Journey of Love and Spirit
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (836 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0452280842 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Brill is Shrill. This book proved to be a major disappointment to me. There are far better modern day books on building a cabin in the woods and surviving (see Coming out of the Woods-Kaufman). There is Bryson's Walk in the Woods for humour and environmental insight. And as far as coming to terms with the ending of marriage grief ,stick to Heat-Moon's Blue Highways. What Brill accomplishes here is very little new ground and I don't think he has a very good way of saying it. The first 90% o. Building a Cabin in the Corner of Glory Land DENNIS MCCARTHY Apart from the loss of a child, few experiences are more genuinely bone-jarring than divorce in today's virtual, rubber-bumper world. David Brill knows the experience well, and his latest book, "A Separate Place," is his endeavor to expunge the pain from his system. After several years of a crumbling marriage, David sought to build a cabin in the woods, a hideaway for rebuilding a relationship with his wife. Of course, it didn't happen that way. But the cabin did prove to . "An honest, thoughtful book" according to Margaret I Hughes. I found this book on the shelf in my local bookstore, and its themes of divorce, returning to the woods, and discovering new ways to be a parent sounded like things I could relate to, so I bought it without knowing much more about it. To my delight, this book proved to be so well-written, honest, funny and spiritual that I couldn't put it down. I read it quickly over a two day span, and I was sad when it ended. David, Susan, Challen and Logan were right there with me, and
"I've learned," Brill writes, "not to underestimate the appetite of a woodstove in winter, and I've developed the aim and precision necessary to drop the splitting maul right into the tiny cracks that will explode a section of seasoned hardwood." He also learned, to gauge by this touching memoir, a great deal about himself, and if his eye is more often turned inward than toward the woods, he still offers plenty of homespun advice on getting by in the forest--and on dealing with loss. --Gregory McNamee. A Separate Pla
Carving out his place in rustic Morgan County, Brill reconnects with nature and returns to a life of greater simplicity. Here, while tending to the nearly over-whelming task of overseeing the clearing of the land and building a home, he lays a foundation for a more fulfilling life, and a deeper relationship with his two daughters. Honest, insightful, and wise, A Separate Place will resonate with all those who yearn for a sanctuary of their own.. A Separate Place chronicles his journey to the retreat he created in a 630-square-foot cabin on sixty-eight acres of riverfront wilderness. It is also here that he must come to terms with the bittersweet ending of his eighteen-year marriage. He shares invaluable life lessons-both humorous and poignant-from his adventures with the buddies who come to lend moral support to a midlife mountaineering feat with his brother to the difficult process of making peace with his wife in the aftermath of divorce. In these candid and moving