On Becoming Lost: A Naturalist's Search for Meaning
Johnson's stream-of-consciousness writing veers from childhood remembrances to recent experiences; it is all self-absorbed. Johnson's accompanying stark black-and-white drawings are appealing, well-done small portraits of animals or plants but, perhaps appropriately, her full-page illustrations always include the artist herself. The appeal of most nature writing is that it brings the reader into the natural world; in this book that world seems already occupied. While Johnson may attract a following from her Country Living magazine column, this is a secondary purchase only.- Katharine Galloway Garstka, Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala.Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.