{"product_id":"the-comfort-of-crows-a-backyard-year-hardcover","title":"The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargaret Renkl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PERFECT GIFT FOR NATURE LOVERS, BIRDERS, AND GARDENERS, WITH ORIGINAL COLOR ART THROUGHOUT * \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * AMAZON EDITOR'S PICK * INDIE NEXT PICK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the beloved \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e opinion writer and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eLate Migrations\u003c\/i\u003e comes a \"howling love letter to the world\" (Ann Patchett): a luminous book that traces the passing of seasons, personal and natural.\u003c\/b\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Comfort of Crows\u003c\/i\u003e, Margaret Renkl presents a literary devotional: fifty-two chapters 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, to the lingering bluebirds of December, revisiting the nest box they used in spring--what develops is a portrait of joy and grief: joy in the ongoing pleasures of the natural world, and grief over winters that end too soon and songbirds that grow 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 transform a little more with each passing day. And the natural world, now in visible flux, requires every ounce of hope and commitment from the author--and from us. For, as Renkl writes, \"radiant things are bursting forth in the darkest places, in the smallest nooks and deepest cracks of the hidden world.\"With fifty-two original color artworks by the author's brother, Billy Renkl, \u003ci\u003eThe Comfort of Crows\u003c\/i\u003e is a lovely and deeply moving book from a cherished observer of the natural world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Renkl\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eLate Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGraceland, At Last: Notes on Hope and Heartache From the American South\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a contributing opinion writer for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, where her essays appear weekly. The founding editor of \u003ci\u003eChapter 16\u003c\/i\u003e, a daily literary publication of Humanities Tennessee, and a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Carolina, she lives in Nashville.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751481311520,"sku":"9781954118461","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8dc2bf5c82989df56714cdb8686fc6bd.webp?v=1779973975","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-comfort-of-crows-a-backyard-year-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}