A review by larryerick
Buffalo for the Broken Heart: Restoring Life to a Black Hills Ranch by Dan O'Brien

4.0

This is either a poignant, rather inspiring memoir of a person's search to give meaning to his life, or -- it's the longest. most sophisticated marketing brochure ever. I found myself comparing it favorably to Ivan Doig's sterling memoir, This House of Sky. Doig's memoir centers on his youth in Montana raising sheep, and this author's memoir is about his later adult life in South Dakota with bison, but the feeling of place and that deep connection with people and place is very similar, and, frankly, much appreciated by this reader. I am convinced that this is one of those rare books that both my wife and I would enjoy equally.