In her new collection of lyric essays, Bia Lowe weaves
nature writing and memoir to tell a story about falling in love.

Splendored Thing is not only about romantic love, but love
for a rose garden, an Irish cottage, a lion in Afghanistan,
and Kabul after September 11th.

Splendored Thing Book Jacket
Splendored Thing Reviews

"For all the exuberance of the language delighted in within these essays, it barely contains their erudition, their breadth of reference, and above all their ardour of heart and body."

NUALA O'FAOLAIN, author of
Are You Somebody? and
My Dream Of You

"Bia Lowe's lush prose encircles rose gardens, peat bogs, mothers, lovers, new potatoes and ancient desires. Splendored Thing is a celebration of life not only examined but seen and felt."

AMY BLOOM, author of
A Blind Man Can See
How Much I Love You

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ISBN: 1-58005-074-3
U.S. $19.95 • Canada $32.95
Hardcover • 233 pages
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Contact Bia.

Bia Lowe sees the natural world in a way that will delight lovers of language. Her first book, Wild Ride, won the QPB New Visions Award for creative non-fiction.

Bia's Scheduled Readings

Read the following essays online at Killing the Buddha:
"Apples"
"Raptures"
"Seeing Things"

Read the essay "Falling" in the latest issue of The Kenyon Review.