The Beautiful Unseen: A Memoir

Description: The Beautiful Unseen: A Memoir Product Description At age thirty, Kyle Boelte finds himself living in San Francisco, where the summer fog blows inland off the ocean and the landscape changes moment to moment. Amidst this ever-changing sea of fog, Boelte struggles to remember his brother Kris, who committed suicide in the family's Denver home when Boelte was just thirteen.In this impressive debut, Boelte sets up a dual narrative: one investigates San Francisco's climate to explain the science behind the omnipresent fog; another explores Boelte's memory as well as letters, notes, newspaper articles, and other artifacts that tell the story of his brother's short life and eventual suicide.Weaving a complex and engaging story from personal, historical and environmental threads, Boelte's search for meaning takes him to a range of unexpected places: from San Francisco Bay circa 1901, when fog was responsible for routinely sinking steamships, to a cavernous medical library where he studies the grim details of asphyxiation and death by hanging; from the redwood forests where scientists are now learning about fog's ability to sustain life, to a beat-up cardboard box containing memories of his long-dead brother.The Beautiful Unseen is as much a meditation on experiencing loss at an early age as it is a study of the impermanence of memory, the science of fog and the history of San Francisco. Review "Painful, intimate, and exquisitely written, Kyle Boelte'sThe Beautiful Unseen confronts one family's profoundest grief with a searing honesty." -Peter Orner, author of Last Car Over the Sagamore Bridge and Esther Stories"There were times, reading The Beautiful Unseen: Variations on Fog and Forgetting, that I was utterly transported, felt surely the fog was pooling outside my own window. Kyle Boelte's haunting debut put me in mind that other story of natural beauty and a lost brother, Norman Maclean's A River Runs Through It. I can't think of higher praise than that. Joe Wilkins, The Mountain and the Fathers, winner of the 2014 GLCA New Writers AwardThe Beautiful Unseen is its own weather system: soulful, unpredictable, shadow then light."Terry Tempest Williams, author of Refuge"the narrative has a powerful anchor amid the mists of fogThere's a catharsis within this narrative strandhe shows that he knows what he's doingoften moving memoir, Boelte ends with a different perspective than when he started."Kirkus"A slim book of startling prose, The Beautiful Unseen slips between past and present, inner life and outer, seamlessly and beautifully. It's that rare, treasured thing: a moving portrait of loss that never settles for easy answers." Darin Strauss, author of Half a Life"We know how to speak about death. We know how to grieve. Except when it is a suicidethen our culture lacks language, ritual, and understanding. Consider The Beautiful Unseen as an honest and eloquent guide to an uncharted landscape of loss, in which Kyle Boelte has done the brutal and tender mapping of a story that fills the silence, that gives us permission to mourn, and honor, those dead by their own hand." Amy Irvine, author of Trespass: Living at the Edge of the Promised LandIn subtle, pitch-perfect prose, The Beautiful Unseen weaves a narrative of deep personal loss with an unusual natural history. The pattern that emerges is achingly beautiful and absolutely unforgettable. Justin Hocking, author of The Great Floodgates of the Wonderworld "What is this alchemy, by which natural beauty fog, wind, damp redwoods can transform grief into wonder and a semblance of peace? This is the question that Kyle Boelte probes with strong, honest sentences and a young mans clear eyes. Like Annie Dillard, he blends meteorology, memory, and mystery into a gift of grace. Kathleen Dean Moore, author of Wild Comfort About the Author Kyle Boelte was born in a small town on the high plains of Kansas, grew up near Denver, Colorado, and moved to San Francisco as an adult. A fina Fast and Free Shipping You're already purchasing the item. Why pay additional for shipping, especially slow shipping? We get your order shipped out within 1-business day and delivered to your doorstep as quickly as possible. Competitive Pricing With our dynamic pricing model, our prices are always competitive. Our prices are some of the lowest that you will find on the internet. Rest assured that you're getting a good deal when purchasing with us. 30-day Money Back Guarantee We are committed to making sure that you leave this transaction satisfied. If you're unhappy with the product for any reason, you may return it back for your money-back or a replacement within 30 days. No questions asked!

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