Living By Water:
True Stories of Nature and Spirit

From her home near the shores of Puget Sound, Brenda Peterson explores the tidal pull of the mist-shrouded Pacific Northwest. Her Puget Sound transcends regional boundaries and offers storytelling as true ecology. LIVING BY WATER seeks a mystical and authentic healing of the treaty long broken between humans and animals and our natural homeland.

Praise for Living By Water:

“Rich and stirring...[Peterson] is a luminous prose craftsman."
– Seattle Weekly

“A new breed of essayist is a-borning in America…Writing about nature, they write of spirit; writing about humanity, they give voice to the animal in us all. Brenda Peterson exemplifies this new essayist.”
– Booklist (starred review)

“Evocative . . . The ruminations of a diarist of uncommon sensitivity and polish . . . Living by Water is a love song for a region.
– The Seattle Times