Searching for Home: Misadventures with Misanthropes by Stephen J. Lyons

 

Praise for Landscape of the Heart

“Stephen Lyons has offered us his grace and compassion through Landscape of the Heart. These essays are the deliberations of a sensitive, intuitive mind, a mind not afraid of exploring regions of the heart, so often sidestepped by men. Through his observations we are challenged and inspired to look more deeply at the world around us. Mr. Lyons’ prose reads like poetry and the effect of a lingering memory of love.”

–Terry Tempest Williams

 

“Stephen J. Lyons writes passionately and eloquently about coming of age, as we must, again and again. He understands the uses of love. His is good work.”

–William Kittredge

 

 Praise for A View from the Inland Northwest

“The landscape of the interior west is so magnificent that it usually dwarfs all other impressions. But Stephen Lyons is a fine writer, a fine observer, and a fine neighbor–this book carries the stamp of authenticity on every page and will engage both visitor and resident of the region.”

–Bill McKibben

 

Praise for The 1000-Year Flood

“The strength of this book is its narrative, which preserves the voices of the people directly involved in the floods and their immediate aftermath.”

–Annals of Iowa

 

A “gripping, nuanced account…Lyons is a gifted reporter.”

–Minneapolis Star Tribune

 

Praise for Going Driftless

“Lyons has written a book of people and their place: of the outsized characters who seek sanctuary in the region’s hills. In particular, he’s interested in the idealists–with their small-scale farms, co-ops and intentional communities–who have gravitated to the Driftless since the 1970s…’Going Driftless’ is anything but driftless. These character profiles anchor the book. It is grounded and earthy, inspired by the way a place nurtures us.”

–Minneapolis Star-Tribune