Description: Late Migrations : A Natural History of Love and Loss, Paperback by Renkl, Margaret; Renkl, Billy (ILT), ISBN 1571313834, ISBN-13 9781571313836, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Selected as a TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna book club pick, Late Migrations is an unusual, captivating portrait of a family—and of the cycles of joy and grief that inscribe human lives within the natural world—from beloved New York Times contributing opinion writer Margaret Renkl.
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.
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.”
Gorgeously illustrated by the author’s brother, Billy Renkl, Late Migrations is an assured and memorable debut.
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Book Title: Late Migrations : a Natural History of Love and Loss
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2021
Topic: Death, Grief, Bereavement, Personal Memoirs, Essays
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 12 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Margaret Renkl
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
