This House of Sky

Name: This House of Sky
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Ivan Doig
ISBN: 9781440774775

Author: Ivan Doig

Narrator: Tom Stechschulte

Unabridged: 11 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC

Published: 11/23/2009

Categories: Fiction, Western

Synopsis

A nominee for the National Book Award, Ivan Doig’s brilliant memoir shares the experiences and culture that shaped his early years and made him fall in love with the West. From his childhood in a family of homesteaders through the death of his mother and his move to Montana to herd sheep, Doig shows his intimate connection with the American West.

About Ivan Doig

Ivan Doig (1939-2015) was a third-generation Montanan and the author of sixteen books, including the classic memoir This House of Sky and most recently Last Bus to Wisdom. He was a National Book Award finalist and received the Wallace Stegner Award, among many other honors. Doig lived in Seattle with his wife, Carol. Visit IvanDoig.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by H (no longer expecting notifications) Balikov on February 15, 2019

I do have relatives in some remote places and when I talked to this one about discovering Ivan Doig, she said that he was a great writer, known far beyond his native Montana, and that she had read several of his books and was glad I was finally starting to catch up. This House of Sky is a memoir that......more

Goodreads review by Paul on June 28, 2017

I had a previous introduction to Ivan Doig with his wonderfully well-written book "Last Bus to Wisdom". At the time, it was just what I wanted. From beginning to end the book did not fail to entertain. When I found an earlier book this same author had written, much earlier, namely "This House of Sky......more

Goodreads review by Zade on May 27, 2016

How odd that a book so firmly rooted in the power of language should leave me at a loss for words to explain its profound effect. I think I hesitate to describe it because I know I will not do justice to Mr. Doig's writing or to the lives he so compellingly illumines in these pages. Although this is......more