{"product_id":"the-comfort-of-crows","title":"The Comfort of Crows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDescription\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003eThe Comfort of Crows\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith fifty-two original color artworks by the author's brother, Billy Renkl, \u003c\/span\u003eThe Comfort of Crows\u003cspan\u003e is a lovely and deeply moving book from a cherished observer of the natural world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDimensions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.1\" H x 8.3\" L x 5.5\" W, 288 pages, hardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spiegel \u0026 Grau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44144652386529,"sku":"9781954118461","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9558\/8015\/files\/ScreenShot2023-10-24at11.18.06AM.png?v=1698160699","url":"https:\/\/pressshopatl.shop\/products\/the-comfort-of-crows","provider":"Pressshopatl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}