Radiance of the Ordinary: Essays on Life, Death, a Edward G. Gray the leap to California governor

the leap to California governor in 1966 seemed almost preordained

the beloved New Yorker writer and bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book who has been hailed as a national treasure by The Washington Post

sometimes fucked-up

only to disappear from the spotlight at the height of her career to live out the rest of her life as a recluse

Radiance of the Ordinary: Essays on Life, Death, a Edward G. Gray the leap to California governorFrom the author of the popular Slowdown Farmstead Substack: a raw, poignant collection of essays about cultivating authenticity in this age of great pretend. When she was young, Tara Couture had a deep fear of death. In her twenties, determined to manifest her long time dream of owning a farm, she worked alongside a cattleman whose perspectives on life and death would come to transform her own. When she found herself in the passenger seat of the