"Truly a love song to wild, shining places. It is a lonely, lovely memoir of a life shaped by a mother's early death, a story from the time when the Earth still had the strength to save her children."—Kathleen Dean Moore, author of Earth's Wild Children
"In essays of breathtaking beauty and emotional honesty, The Green Hour explores the psychic costs of uprooting, and the healing to be found in connecting with the natural world. Townsend is a writer so attuned to the numinous that her lyrical prose seems to shimmer on the page. An unforgettable book."—Catherine Jagoe, author of Bloodroot
"I read The Green Hour outside, and every few sentences I looked up to see this familiar place through Townsend's eyes, every detail now infused with the 'proper attitude of wonder.' I suggest you take this book out with you into the world where all things are 'waiting to be noticed and seen.'"—Brenda Miller, author of An Earlier Life