Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau by Ben Shattuck
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Enlightening, Thought-Provoking, and Inspirational this story is a great one to read and peruse by the fire on a cold day or while sitting in a chair lounging in the backyard as the birds chirp and a light breeze ruffles your hair. This was a bit of an emotional one with sadness, happiness, and everything in between like happens in life.
It was about how the author Ben Shattuck decided to try out doing some of the things that Henry David Thoreau did with his walks and looking and reflecting on nature as he went. Ben also decided to go about experimenting and trying these walks and things out because he was having a difficult time after a. hard break-up that was causing him to have insomnia, anxiety, and bad nightmares.
He started on this journey by taking walks and doing what he could to follow in the footsteps of Henry David Thoreau and what you find and read while following along with his narrative is a poignant, moving tale of life, loss, love, and seeing the world, nature, animals, himself and others in a whole new light. It’s also fascinating reading about his experience written this way with the sketches and drawings in the book as well that illustrate some of the places he went and how he reflects on things, people and events as things happen. This reminds me a bit of poetry and prose that’s written beautifully in a way to touch others, remind others of the world, nature, animals, and their beauty as well as the people and their kindnesses.
Thanks so much to NetGalley and Tin House for letting me read and review this deep and soulful book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
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