The Comfort of Crows (Reese’s Book Club Pick)

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The Comfort of Crows (Reese’s Book Club Pick)
by Margaret Renkl

ISBN: 9781954118461
Hardcover, new

Brief Description:
From New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author Margaret Renkl
comes a “howling love letter to the world” (Ann Patchett): a luminous book
tracing the passing of seasons, personal and natural. In The Comfort of
Crows, Margaret Renkl presents a devotional of sorts: fifty-two essays 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–what
develops is a portrait of joy and grief. Joy at the ongoing pleasures of
the natural world: “Until the very last cricket falls silent, the beauty-
besotted will always find a reason to love the world.” And grief at a
shifting climate, at winters that end too soon, at songbirds growing fewer
and fewer. Along 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 every passing day. How can one person make a difference
amid such destabilizing changes? With fifty-two gorgeous four-color
artworks by the author’s brother–whose collages also accompanied Late
Migrations, Renkl’s Read with Jenna/TODAY Show book club pick–The Comfort
of Crows is a lovely and deeply moving book from a beloved writer.