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George Sibley's 2004 book of essays about learning to live in a small mountain valley in the central Colorado Rockies quickly became a classic, twice reprinted. Now he's back with a second edition that expands on the first with several new essays from the decade since 2004. He explores topics that are insightful for those who think they want to escape the busyness of their contemporary lives to find peace and tranquility in a mountain valley. Sibley asks, is "living a simple life" even possible (or responsible) these days? He explores the difference between "place" and "property" and wonders...

Morgan Bigley, a well-to-do Southern lawyer, is left with two young daughters to raise after his wife, Emily, is killed in an automobile accident in 1934. With the help of a new housekeeper, Miss Mattie, and a loving nurse, Viola, he attempts to bring the girls up according to the standards of the old South. Josy, the older girl, is a gutsy beauty who shares her father's love of the outdoor life. Agnes, the younger daughter, is a born iconoclast whose questions roil the certainties of Morgan's traditional values. In the process of healing, Morgan strives to regain the happy, easy-going...