Monday, March 5, 2012

A FLASHPOINT FOR INSIGHT, INSPIRATION.(LIFE & LEISURE)

Byline: DAN CRYER

The work of Gretel Ehrlich is a rare delicacy, an exquisite combination of lyrical prose, intimate self-analysis and painterly observation of the natural world.

A better essayist than novelist, Ehrlich has written two collections of gem-like essays, ``The Solace of Open Spaces'' (1985), centering on life in the Wyoming high country, and the more geographically diverse ``Islands, the Universe, Home'' (1991). Her World War II novel, ``Heart Mountain'' (1988), while less successful as a whole, nonetheless displayed her remarkable stylistic talents.

Ehrlich's new book, ``A Match to the Heart,'' is a non-fiction account of her …

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