Terry Tempest Williams basa su escritura en el Oeste americano, profundamente influenciada por el paisaje árido de su nativa Utah. Su obra navega por temas de ecología, preservación de la naturaleza, salud de la mujer y la intrincada relación entre cultura y naturaleza. A través de su prosa distintiva, Williams entrelaza narrativa personal y activismo ambiental, ofreciendo a los lectores profundas reflexiones sobre nuestra conexión con el mundo natural. Su voz resuena con urgencia y belleza, impulsando una comprensión más profunda del lugar y del planeta.
The author describes her Mormon upbringing, juxtaposing these reminiscences with discussions of the flooding of a wildlife bird sanctuary and its effect on that ecosystem, and her family's legacy of cancer
As a Mormon child, the author slept under the two outer panels of Bosch's Garden of Delights. After discovering the existence of the central panel in the Prado, she was drawn to write about her fascination with the entire triptych and the connections to her personal life, the "relationship with nature, the divide between religion and spirituality, and the question of how to preserve wilderness."--Booklist review.