Review of IWanttoBeLeftBehind:Finding Rapture Here on Earth by Brenda Peterson

摘要

What inspires us? What gives our lives the contours andnshapes that make us who we are? Brenda Peterson’snnew book I Want to be Left Behind: Finding RapturenHere on Earth is a powerful, beautiful memoir thatnshows us, in careful detail, the moments and the history that haveninspired Peterson’s life and work as a novelist, nature writer, andnactivist. Being raised surrounded by a belief that true spiritual ful-nfillment is to become ‘‘Raptured’’ from the earth and to ascend intonthe heavens, Peterson shows us through her exquisite storytellingnhow she indeed wants to be left behind.