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1 online resource (1 audio file (7hr., 48 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Margaret Renkl. |
| Summary |
From New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author Margaret Renkl comes a "howling love letter to the world" (Ann Patchett): a luminous book tracing the passing of seasons, personal and natural. In The Comfort of Crows, Margaret Renkl presents a devotional of sorts: fifty-two essays that follow the creatures and plants in her backyard over the course of a year. As we move through the seasons-from a crow spied on New Year's Day, its resourcefulness and sense of community setting a theme for the year-what develops is a portrait of joy and grief. Joy at the ongoing pleasures of the natural world: "Until the very last cricket falls silent, the beauty-besotted will always find a reason to love the world." And grief at a shifting climate, at winters that end too soon, at songbirds growing fewer and fewer. Along the way, we also glimpse the changing rhythms of a human life. Grown children, unexpectedly home during the pandemic, prepare to depart once more. Birdsong and night-blooming flowers evoke generations past. The city and the country where Renkl raised her family to transform a little more with every passing day. How can one person make a difference amid such destabilizing changes? The Comfort of Crows is a lovely and deeply moving audiobook from a beloved writer. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Added Author |
Renkl, Margaret, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781669662143 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1669662144 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT16360431 |
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