Birding with Yeats: A Mother's Memoir

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Price
$15.95  $14.83
Publisher
House of Anansi Press
Publish Date
Pages
304
Dimensions
5.2 X 7.9 X 1.0 inches | 0.75 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781770893894

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About the Author
Lynn Thomson is the co-owner of Ben McNally Books in Toronto, where she lives. Birding with Yeats is her first book.
Reviews
Among all the anxious books out there about how to 'manage motherhood' this one is truly (and literally) a breath of fresh air. Lynn Thomson and her teenage son share a love for the natural world that takes them to the wild and silent corners of Tofino, Pelee Island, and the Galapagos. Her account of these expeditions is a gentle, unselfconscious guide to the toughest part of parenthood: how to love our kids at the same time we let them go.-- "Marni Jackson, author of Home Free and The Mother Zone"
A tender, though-provoking meditation on the mysteries of motherhood and the redeeming power of the wild. Lynn Thomson reminds us that nature will always be our extended family, and that to be alive is to be a custodian of everyone, and everything, we care about. Into the trees we go, only to return with a song and a flutter in our hearts.-- "Andrew Westoll, author of The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary"
Sometimes you read a book and you begin to realize that it is going to change the way you live your life. Written with tenderness and deceptive simplicity, this is a memoir that is not just about bird watching (though I promise you will want to buy binoculars and get out there) but also about how we carve silent places of understanding with the people for whom we care. I loved this book.-- "Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry"