A Slender Thread
Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis
Published on 3. August 2011
320 pages
978-0-307-76336-5 (ISBN)
Description
his astonishing book by the prizewinning, bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses reveals Ackerman's parallel lives as an observer of the wildlife in her garden and as a telephone crisis counselor. "(Ackerman) brings a luminous and illuminating combination of sensuality, science, and speculation to whatever she considers."--San Francisco Examiner.
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03/1998
Vintage Books
€20.50
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Diane Ackerman
Rediscovering Hope in the Heart
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12/1996
Random House USA Inc
€44.76
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Person
DIANE ACKERMAN has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in addition to garnering many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the bestselling The Zookeeper's Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. She lives in Ithaca, New York.
Content
- Intro
- Other Books by This Author
- About the Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Borrowed Hearts
- 2. Squirrels and the Dark Night of the Soul
- 3. All the Bright Catastrophes
- 4. A Mass of Life
- 5. The Golden Apples of the Sun, and Silver Apples of the Moon
- 6. The Shape of Fire
- 7. The Heart's Asylum
- 8. The Darkness of Our Days
- 9. So Glory Descends
- 10. The Orators of August
- 11. The World Unwound
- 12. Desperate Measures
- 13. A Last of Last Times
- 14. Before the Dawn
- 15. Close Calls
- Notes and Acknowledgments
