THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS: ON MUSHROOMS AND MOURNING. By Long Litt Woon. Translated from the Norwegian by Barbara J. Haveland.

# (2019) 2019 1st US edition. 8vo (133 x 217mm). Ppxiv,297. B/w vignette line illustrations, bibliography. Decorative paper-coved boards, issued without a dust-wrapper.

# Originally published in Norwegian. "The author, a grieving widow, discovers a most unexpected form of healing - hunting for mushrooms. Adrift in grief, she signed up for a beginner's course on mushrooming ... and found, to her surprise, that the pursuit of mushrooms rekindled her zest for life. [This book] tells the story of parallel journeys: an inner one, through the landscape of mourning, and an outer one, into the fascinating realm of mushrooms - resilient, adaptable, and essential to nature's cycle of death and rebirth." Chapters include: Mushrooms for beginners; The adrenaline rush; The next best death; Mushroom picking in New York's Central Park; 'Where did you find that mushroom?'; The dream; Mushroom friendships; The inspector's exam, the mushroomer's rite of passage; The relentless grieving process; Widow with a small 'w'; Which mushrooms are edible?; In limbo; Mad at the grass; April fool; Fifty shades of poison - not black and white, flow, traces of life; True Morels, the diamonds of the fungi kingdom - hunting for true morels in New York, chicken with morel and cognac sauce, dreaming of Eiolf, hipster morels, brain mushrooms, the black sheep of the mushroom family; All senses go; The scent of apricots and other (learned?) aromas; Amateurs at grief; Tacit knowledge; The art of catching mice; An aroma seminar - insider jargon, a sensory panel, old habits and new, gathering one's senses; The mushroom that must not be named; Professor Hoiland puts psilocybins into perspective; Divorce versus death; Impartial information or incitement to mass psychedelia?; Magic mushrooms; The mathematics of loss; Cooking with mushrooms; Soup; Muschroom 'bacon'; Roasted mushrooms with sesame oil and soy sauce; Pate; Pickled mushrooms; Mushroom roast; Mushroom sauce; Candy caps; Chanterelle and apricot ice cream with candied chanterelle chunks; Dogsup; The bathroom scales; Latin class - idiot's guide to mushroom Latin, colour and form, odor aroma and size, the gift that keeps on giving; A kiss from heaven; The Mushroom Code.