{"product_id":"the-comfort-of-crows-a-backyard-year-1","title":"The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eREESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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\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\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\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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Spiegel \u0026 Grau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50568925348114,"sku":"9781954118461","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_557348f4-4079-4434-a3df-fd833b3774c3.jpg?v=1731951919","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-comfort-of-crows-a-backyard-year-1","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}