Lifescapes
A Biographer's Search for the Soul

A biographer reflects on what it means to write about another's life, to capture their essence in words on a page. It's both an impossible task and one that's infinitely compelling: biographies are frequently among the best-selling books. And Anne Wroe has certainly thought a lot about them. She is......more

A beautiful read. Hard to know where the poetry stopped and the prose began such was the gentle, intricate flow of words.......more

As the book’s subtitle suggests, the obituaries are only a small part of its content. It’s more a meditation that draws on the poetry of Wordsworth, Rumi and others from the golden age of poetry. I just read smatterings of this book, the parts about obituary subjects who interested me, about a third......more

3.25 I thought this book had some beautiful moments / passages / poems, and I especially loved the last chapter. I enjoyed the concept of the book and I loved when the author wove in these tiny personal details about her obituary subjects that reminded us of their humanness and the sadness of death.......more

Not as good as I had thought it would be! There are some nice sections in here, but it's really quite wandering. There is a lot of poetry mixed in, which occasionally worked well, but in my opinion was too much.......more