{"product_id":"a-place-called-home-quilting-a-life-of-joy-on-the-colorado-plateau-9781734655353","title":"A Place Called Home: Quilting a Life of Joy on the Colorado Plateau","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Place Called Home\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eQuilting a Life of Joy on the Colorado Plateau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis a place-based creative non-fiction memoir at its heart. It is a collection of stories about how finding my \"place\" was essential to finding my happiness. It is a template for others to find their own happiness within natural and human communities, inspired by a love of a place that calls them home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In Janet Ross's memoir, you'll find plenty of adventure, decades of environmental history, insights into place-based educational philosophy, and warm portraits of a lifetime of encounters with the people of the West. But her goal here is personal-celebrating the panels in her life's quilt, a life richly rooted in the redrock canyons of the Colorado Plateau.\u003cbr\u003eHer quilting mentor taught her, 'perspective is every-thing.' In this book, Ross does her mentor proud. By 'pressing the seams of this place into her life, ' she found the perspective she has been seeking for a lifetime.\"\u003ci\u003e - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Trimble, editor of \u003ci\u003eRed Rock Stories: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThree Generations of Writers Speak on Behalf of \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eUtah's Public Lands\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Capitol Reef Reader\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Janet Ross has a crucial story to tell about what it means to create not only a sense of place in the rural Southwest, but embody and foster an ethic of place. Through the metaphor of quilting, she shows how one creates a meaningful life by piecing together what appear to be disparate fabrics into a cohesive whole. Janet Ross's story belongs to the tradition of western women from Mary Austin to Maureen Whipple to Ellen Meloy. What this woman knows about independence and interdependence in the name of community and social change, we need to hear.\" - \u003cb\u003eTerry Tempest Williams, author of \u003ci\u003eRefuge: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Unnatural History of Family and Place\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Place Called Home\u003c\/i\u003e is a warm, cuddly quilt to wrap yourself inside of. It's also a rip-roaring account of remarkable life experiences. Hard to believe that one woman has managed to pack this many adventures into one life. From deep in the city to deep in the wilderness, Janet has woven all these experiences into a life of commitment to home on the Colorado Plateau and to the important role sense of place plays in finding happiness.\" - \u003cb\u003eDavid Sobel, Professor Emeritus, Education Department, Antioch University New England and author of \u003ci\u003ePlace-Based Education: Connecting Classrooms and Communities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If our lives are patchwork quilts, how many panels represent home? Janet Ross spent her life seeking and finding her home place, loving and listening to the Colorado Plateau, creating outdoor experiences that taught countless diverse students how to appreciate, understand, and love the land. It's a life well lived, and Janet has sewn together a place-based memoir well worth reading.\" - \u003cb\u003eToby McLeod, Director, Sacred Land Film Project\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I loved reading about Emma's Happiness Museum and Janet's descriptions made it come alive, as well as her pleasure in knowing an exceptional woman. The sustained metaphor of quilting really works; since I quilt it really spoke to me, and on other levels as well - growing up, family, her view of the world. This is a quality piece of work of which the author can be proud.\" - \u003cb\u003eAnn Zwinger (in memoriam), author of \u003ci\u003eWind in the Rock: The Canyonlands of Southeastern Utah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"As a metaphor and organizing principle, the quilt works well...Janet carries it throughout in a way that makes sense and holds the book together.\" -\u003cb\u003e Ellen Meloy (in memoriam), author of \u003ci\u003eThe Anthropology of Turquoise: Reflections on Desert, Sea, Stone, and Sky\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11299493\"\u003eCraig Childs\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10369309\"\u003eJanet Ross\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lost Souls Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734655353\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1734655356\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO019000\"\u003eEducators\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lost Souls Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50815411159337,"sku":"9781734655353","price":18.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/img_f88b3a0a-9dfc-4a3a-94ee-4ab02ca7bd47.jpg?v=1755577433","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/a-place-called-home-quilting-a-life-of-joy-on-the-colorado-plateau-9781734655353","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}