Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay

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Price
$22.95  $21.34
Publisher
ECW Press
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Pages
416
Dimensions
5.4 X 8.3 X 1.2 inches | 0.97 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781770416598

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About the Author
Merilyn Simonds is the author of 20 books, including the nonfiction classic The Convict Lover, Gutenberg's Fingerprint, and most recently, the novel Refuge. The founding artistic director of Kingston WritersFest, Simonds is an influential champion of writers and writing. She lives with writer and translator Wayne Grady and divides her time between Kingston, Ontario, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
Reviews
"Simonds's prose shines and brings the reader into the remarkable moments bird-watchers live for. This brilliant account does justice to a pioneering figure who merits wider recognition." -- Publishers Weekly, starred review
"What a life! Louise de Kiriline Lawrence escaped the Russian Revolution, was nurse to the Dionne Quintuplets, then moved to a log cabin and became an iconic birder and friend of Simonds, who has written this lyrical, passionate, and deeply researched portrait." -- Margaret Atwood
"Simonds' own birding and life story are woven into the narrative, adding to the addictive quality of this marvelous biography of a true pioneer of ornithology." -- Booklist starred review
"Simonds -- an author of both fiction and nonfiction, including The Convict Lover -- is a master of her craft, and that's clearly reflected in Woman, Watching. Her prose is rich and sprawling, spinning an in-depth narrative out of de Kiriline Lawrence's life. Stepping into this story is like entering its subject's beloved forest: there is always another layer, another secret path, another living, breathing thing left to discover. Woman, Watching is a book for long summer twilights or cold winter nights -- preferably spent at a cottage or by an old stone fireplace. It's the kind of book you'll dive into only to shake your head a few chapters later and wonder where the day has gone. As with the woods, a reader can get lost in there if they're not careful." -- Quill & Quire
"A stellar, adventure-filled biography." -- Foreword Reviews, starred review