The Earth House
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| Author | Jeanne DuPrau |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Adult non-fiction |
| Publisher | New Chapter Press |
Publication date | May 1993 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-449-90814-3 |
| OCLC | 28139679 |
The Earth House is a 1993 memoir by American author Jeanne DuPrau.
The Earth House was a finalist for the 1993 Stonewall Book Award.[1]
Plot summary
[edit]They hadn't pictured themselves as the sort of people to take up Eastern spiritual practice, but on their first visit to a zen center, two women discover something that speaks to them on a level deeper than their everyday experience, and they begin to make a new plan for their lives. They begin to consider giving up their suburban comforts and build a house beside a monastery in the mountains. As the walls of the house go up, the two women make and re-make plans, wrestle with a chainsaw, learn to make windows, and set up a computer powered by the sun. Their spiritual practice transforms their vision of the house, and the building of it transforms them both.
References
[edit]- ^ "The Earth House | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. November 29, 2011. Archived from the original on December 16, 2023. Retrieved December 16, 2023.
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