Mountains of Light

Reviews / Votes

"With his poet's eye and sensibilities, Mark Liebenow leads us through one of the great American wild lands, Yosemite National Park. He also marks out a trail through an even wilder landscape-that of grief in the human heart. . . . The terrain he explores is rough and dramatic, exuberant and awe-inspiring."-Kelsea Habecker, author of Hollow Out | "This is a book of a hero's journey-of a journey deep into the wilderness of our hearts among the wild flowing rivers we try to navigate in the face of pain, the glacial movement of recovering from tragic loss. It's about how when we listen to the gifts of nature we can find deep spiritual power; we can find grace. This is a beautiful book."-Jeff Knorr, author of Keeper and The Third Body|""An elegant portrayal of retreat, renewal and return to life with an increased respect for one of the nation's most revered natural sites.""-Kirkus Reviews

|""This is a book that cries out for wide availability. It is a book to be read and re-read. I want to study it for what I expect are many deep connections Mark Liebenow has made as he wrote and re-wrote and edited it. This is a book of uncommon humility, honesty, great insight, and finally, ending again in winter, a book of eternal hope.""-Blog Critics Books|""Readers don't have to turn too many pages before they find themselves itching to go to Yosemite.""-Amy Lou Jenkins, examiner.com|""With Mountains of Light, Mark Liebenow offers a compelling reminder that the Yosemite remains both actual and symbolic evidence of nature's power to create in humanity a sense of awe and humility, even as civilization appears to many to be intent on hurtling itself into environmental degregation.""-James Ballowe, North Dakota Quarterly