This Tender Place : The Story of a Wetland Year

After The Deaths Of Her Father And Father-in-law, Laurie Lawlor Discovers An Unlikely Place For Healing And Transformation In A Wetland In Southeastern Wisconsin—a Landscape Of Abundant And Sometimes Inaccessible Beauty That Has Often Been Ignored, Misunderstood, And Threatened By Human Destruction. In Her Decade-long Personal Wetland Journey, She Examines The Sky, Delves Underwater, And Peers Between Sedges In All Seasons And All Times Of Day. This Tender Place Is A Celebration Of Nature, The Elements, And Humanity. From The Wetland’s Genesis During The Ice Age To Its Survival In The Twenty-first Century, Lawlor Chronicles The Universal Ties Among People, Wild Places, And Healthy Wetlands. An Engaging And Deeply Intimate Record, This Tender Place Is At Its Heart A Story Of Refuge And Renewal Refracted Through The Lens Of Life Within The Wetlands—one Of The Most Productive, Yet Most Endangered, Ecosystems In The World.