Kathleen Dean Moore had intended to write about happiness, but then, one after another, three of her friends died, and her book took on additional flavors—somber and contemplative. Wild Comforts is the story of Moore’s search for solace in the wilderness of the Pacific Northwest, and it is nature writing at its most lyrical.
On these pages, a vole shoots out of a nest, dropping babies from her teats like ripe plums; tendrils of fog float above the taut skin of a lake; and spatulas of prickly pear catch the sun.
