Half-Light : Westbound on a Hot Planet - Amy Kaler

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Half-Light

Westbound on a Hot Planet

By: Amy Kaler

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Paperback | 3 June 2024

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248 Pages

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22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9

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Braiding together personal, collective, and historical explorations of what it means to "go west," Amy Kaler's Half-Light: Westbound on a Hot Planet offers deep reflections on the meaning of life, middle age, and climate catastrophe. Her memoir weaves together three strands: living with the knowledge of one's own aging and mortality; the slow-moving catastrophes of climate change; and the human history of the North American settler west, especially locations that hold traces of vanished pasts. Many of the "ruins" Kaler explores--faded hamlets, bunkers, fields of cars, bends in the river--are interesting in themselves, and some serve as emblems of hope, generational commitment abandoned by contemporary heirs, faith, hubris, even carelessness. These stops are intertwined with reflections on aging, temporality, and change, making the book feel like a deeply satisfying road trip with a thoughtful friend. Moving from meditative to sobering in compelling and measured ways, Half-Light shimmers with urgency and suggestion.

Industry Reviews

Listed in "Most Anticipated: Our 2024 Nonfiction Spring Preview" by 49th Shelf, February 7, 2024
"Amy Kaler is smart and thoughtful and well read, all of which make her a wonderful conversationalist. Above all, Half-Light feels like a deeply satisfying conversation. And great company for the end of the world." Angie Abdou, author of This One Wild Life
"Amy Kaler invites the reader to join her on an exploration of aging in a landscape dense with history of occupation and use. She asks us to pay attention to what has already happened to small communities, to dreams and hopes, in order to prepare ourselves for an uncertain future." Theresa Kishkan, author of Blue Portugal and Other Essays

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