Description:
When two political opposites meet in the state of Vermont where politics is center stage, they discover the surprising love of later years.
Brief description: About the AuthorDEBORAH LEE LUSKIN moved from New York City to Vermont in 1984 to write, garden, keep bees, and raise daughters. She has been an editorial columnist, radio commentator, pen-for-hire, and blogger. Luskin also enjoyed a long career as an educator. Engaged in civic life, Luskin practiced restorative justice as a volunteer at the Brattleboro Community Justice Center and served as the elected Town Moderator in Newfane, Vermont. She holds a PhD English Literature, the obvious training for becoming a homesteader, deer-hunter, and writer. Reviving Artemis: The Making of a Huntress, her memoir, tells the story of coming-of-age at sixty and finding her place in the natural world.
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Awarded the IPPY Gold Medal for Regional Fiction
Praise for Into the Wilderness
"The book is a complex love letter to Vermont."
-The Commons, Windham County's Independent Weekly
"Into the Wilderness is a fiercely intelligent love story."
-The Rutland Herald
"Deborah Lee Luskin weaves together an enchanting tale of solitude, friendship and romance in her novel, Into the Wilderness."
-The Jewish Advocate