num_pages: 272
description: Ranging from an autobiographical tour-de-force that describes a childhood spent with an alcoholic father to "Looking at Women," a reflection on male yearning and confusion, to a look at the place—or absence—of nature in recent American fiction.
language: English
title: Secrets of the Universe: Essays on Family, Community, Spirit, and Place
titlecomplete: Secrets of the Universe: Essays on Family, Community, Spirit, and Place
genres: Memoir, Essays, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 55
publisher: Beacon Press