{"product_id":"comfort-of-crows-a-backyard-year","title":"Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eComfort of Crows: A Backyard Year\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMargaret Renkl\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781954118461\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSpiegel \u0026amp; Grau\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2023\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e288\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eREESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK * \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A beautiful love letter to nature and the world around us.\"--Reese Witherspoon (Reese's Book Club September '24 Pick)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PERFECT GIFT FOR NATURE LOVERS, BIRDERS, AND GARDENERS, WITH ORIGINAL COLOR ART THROUGHOUT \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e* \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * INDIE NEXT PICK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the beloved \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e opinion writer: a luminous book that traces the passing of seasons, both personal and natural.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Spiegel \u0026 Grau","offers":[{"title":"Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year | Margaret Renkl | Hardcover | 9781954118461 | New | Nature 1563381","offer_id":50584957387010,"sku":"1563381","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/A1ZUV_sw4aL.jpg?v=1791061743","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/comfort-of-crows-a-backyard-year","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}