The Nude Beach Notebook by Barbara J. Scot PAPERBACK 9780870717406

The Nude Beach NotebookAuthor(s): Barbara J. Scot\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Oregon State University, United States\nImprint: Oregon State University\nISBN-13: 9780870717406, 978-0870717406\nSynopsis\nIn this engaging new memoir, a loose sequel to her earlier Prairie Reunion, Barbara J. Scot explores her reluctance and longing to reconnect with a much-loved brother, lost to alcoholism for thirty years.\n\nScot uses long, meditative walks on the clothing optional beach of the idyllic Sauvie Island near Portland, Oregon, to explore family responsibility, times passage, and faith. She weaves entries from her notebooka record of the islands wildlife, descriptions of the Odd Ones she encounters on the beach, and stories about the native people who once lived on the riverwith the main narrative, tracing her search for her brother, her close friendship with a fellow writer, and daily life on the moorage. Scot considers the uses of fiction and non-fiction in memory as well as in writing,.