{"product_id":"late-migrations-a-natural-history-of-love-and-loss-9781571313782","title":"Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e contributing opinion writer Margaret Renkl comes an unusual, captivating portrait of a family--and of the cycles of joy and grief that inscribe human lives within the natural world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in Alabama, Renkl was a devoted reader, an explorer of riverbeds and red-dirt roads, and a fiercely loved daughter. Here, in brief essays, she traces a tender and honest portrait of her complicated parents--her exuberant, creative mother; her steady, supportive father--and of the bittersweet moments that accompany a child's transition to caregiver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd here, braided into the overall narrative, Renkl offers observations on the world surrounding her suburban Nashville home. Ringing with rapture and heartache, these essays convey the dignity of bluebirds and rat snakes, monarch butterflies and native bees. As these two threads haunt and harmonize with each other, Renkl suggests that there is astonishment to be found in common things: in what seems ordinary, in what we all share. For in both worlds--the natural one and our own--\"the shadow side of love is always loss, and grief is only love's own twin.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGorgeously illustrated by the author's brother, Billy Renkl, \u003cem\u003eLate Migrations\u003c\/em\u003e is an assured and memorable debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Renkl\u003c\/b\u003e is a contributing opinion writer for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, where her essays appear weekly. Her work has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eProximity\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRiver Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. She was the founding editor of \u003ci\u003eChapter 16\u003c\/i\u003e, the daily literary publication of Humanities Tennessee, and is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Carolina. She lives in Nashville.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620134228242,"sku":"9781571313782","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_69f5c4b1-9ab0-4ef1-adf0-39f93eccd26b.jpg?v=1732560874","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/late-migrations-a-natural-history-of-love-and-loss-9781571313782","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}