02679cam a2200337 4500 391355061 TxAuBib 20190905120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781571319876 1571319875 B07RYMTMD7 Amazon 75b0af86-42be-476b-ae17-131f27743ce6 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4744149 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Renkl Margaret. Late Migrations [Libby eBook] : A Natural History of Love and Loss. Milkweed Editions, 2019. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 23MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:From <i>New York Times</i> 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.<br /> Growing 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.<br /> And 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."<br /> Gorgeously illustrated by the author's brother, Billy Renkl, <i>Late Migrations</i> is an assured and memorable debut. Biography & Autobiography. Family & Relationships. Nonfiction. Nature. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2019-09-05 22:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=75b0af86-42be-476b-ae17-131f27743ce6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=75b0af86-42be-476b-ae17-131f27743ce6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=75b0af86-42be-476b-ae17-131f27743ce6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)