 [ Large Image ] | Lost River: The Waters of Remembrance, A Memoir Harry Thurston 2020 / Memoir, Naturalists, Fishing / $28.95 9781554472161 / Trade paper / 208 pp Harry Thurston’s eco-memoir Lost River is an elegiac meditation on the way that fishing, the rivers he has fished, and the people he has fished with have shaped his life. It is a story that encompasses both significant loss—of his childhood homestead, of rivers, and of the Atlantic salmon stocks, as well as of family and friends—and significant reward. Whether he’s recounting his experiences fishing his way down his native rivers and streams, reflecting on family bonds and writerly struggles, or recollecting the long work of establishing Nova Scotia’s Kelley River Wilderness Area, Thurston reminds us how fully the human and non-human worlds are interconnected, and of the great value of a life based in attentiveness and affection. Like a fish finally rising to the fly, the beauty and insight of Lost River elicit a bolt of excitement and hope. As one of Thurston’s mentors would say, “It’s good to know that we’re not fishing over barren water.” To purchase this title: Add it to your cart | Other Books by this Author |  | Ultramarine Harry Thurston 2023 / Canadian Poetry / $23.95 CAN 9781554472536 / Trade paper / 96 pp |  | Keeping Watch at the End of the World Harry Thurston 2015 / Poetry / $20.95 CAN 9781554471447 / Trade paper / 112 pp |  | The Deer Yard Harry Thurston, Allan Cooper 2013 / Poetry / $17.95 CAN 9781554471201 / Trade paper / 64 pp |  | Broken Vessel: Thirty-five Days in the Desert Harry Thurston 2007 / Poetry / $15.95 CAN 9781554470341 / Trade paper / 48 pp |  | A Ship Portrait Harry Thurston 2005 / Poetry / $49.95 CAN 9781554470075 / Fine / 96 pp |  | A Ship Portrait Harry Thurston 2005 / Poetry / $18.95 CAN 9781554470068 / Trade paper / 96 pp |  | If Men Lived on Earth Harry Thurston 2000 / Poetry / $39.95 CAN 9781894031233 / Fine / 152 pp |  | If Men Lived on Earth Harry Thurston 2000 / Poetry / $14.95 CAN 9781894031226 / Trade paper / 152 pp |
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