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Ivan Doig�s companion memoir to his bestselling This House of Sky�inspired by the letters his mother wrote during World War II�is �a lyrical evocation of the Doigs� gallantly hardscrabble existence and love for the unforgiving Montana mountains� (San Francisco Chronicle). Raised by his father and maternal grandmother, Ivan Doig grew up with only a vague memory of his mother, who died on his sixth birthday. Then he discovered a cache of her letters, and through them, a spunky, passionate, can-do woman emerged. His mother was as at home in the saddle as behind a sewing machine, and as in love with language as her son. In this prize-winning prequel to his acclaimed memoir This House of Sky, Doig brings to life his childhood before his mother�s death, and the family�s journey from the Montana mountains to the Arizona desert and back again. �Profoundly original and lustrous,� (Kirkus Reviews) Doig eloquently captures the texture of the American West during and after World War II, the fortune of a family, and one woman�s indomitable spirit. Doig is �a colloquial stylist without equal�and Heart Earth is a book that repeatedly proves the power of language� (Los Angeles Times).