{"product_id":"the-comfort-of-crows-by-margaret-renkl","title":"The Comfort of Crows by Margaret Renkl","description":"\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PERFECT GIFT FOR NATURE LOVERS, BIRDERS, AND GARDENERS, WITH ORIGINAL COLOR ART THROUGHOUT\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e*\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBESTSELLER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * INDIE NEXT PICK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the beloved\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eopinion writer: a luminous book that traces the passing of seasons, both personal and natural.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eWith fifty-two original color artworks by the author's brother, Billy Renkl,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Comfort of Crows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a lovely and deeply moving book from a cherished observer of the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42423149920327,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/9925\/8439\/files\/TheComfortofCrows.jpg?v=1769030850","url":"https:\/\/shopthegreenehouse.com\/products\/the-comfort-of-crows-by-margaret-renkl","provider":"The GreeneHouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}