Review
Jensen's book accomplishes the rare feat of both breaking and mending the reader's heart. --Publishers Weekly
(This is) what Franz Kafka said a book should be - an axe for the frozen sea within us. --Daniel Quinn
A wake-up call to embrace, life, beauty, and truth. The wisdom in this book will change you forever. --Michael W. Fox
(This is) what Franz Kafka said a book should be - an axe for the frozen sea within us. --Daniel Quinn
A wake-up call to embrace, life, beauty, and truth. The wisdom in this book will change you forever. --Michael W. Fox
Product Description
A poignant memoir of a harrowingly abusive childhood. Relating the extraordinary journey of one man striving to save his own spirit and our planet's. Comparing his physically and sexually abusive father's destruction of his family with mankind's systematic destruction of civilisation. Jensen uses his experiences as a teacher, environmentalist, beekeeper, abused child and survivor to investigate his own wounded psyche, as well as condemining the culture that fosters abuse.
From the Back Cover
A wake-up call to embrace life, beauty and truth. The wisdom in this book will change you forever.
About the Author
Derrick Jensen lives in California where he is a grassroots environmental activist, working to improve the habitats of Californian red-legged frogs and coho salmon. He teaches writing at Pelican Bay State Prison.
