All the Leavings Easter Paperback MP–OSU Oregon State Universi 9780870711220

All the LeavingsAuthor(s): Laurie Easter\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Oregon State University, United States\nImprint: Oregon State University\nISBN-13: 9780870711220, 978-0870711220\nSynopsis\nAt times heartbreaking, at times harrowing, All the Leavings navigates the rugged terrain not just of the rural Oregon land where Laurie Easter has forged an off-the-grid life, but of the ragtag terrain of the human heart. At once quiet and searching, these essays lay bare the experience between mother and child, between living and dying, between the human world and nature. This is a book about love -- for the child who faces a health crisis, for the friend dying of aids, for the one entangled by addiction who then disappears -- while also examining the tenacity of the human condition.\n\n From one woman's perspective as a mother, wife, and friend, All the Leavings will take readers inside a wild Oregon rich with natural beauty, while asking questions and seeking answers, capturing an interi.