{"product_id":"book-hz3v","title":"The Comfort of Crows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eREESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE PERFECT AUDIOBOOK FOR NATURE LOVERS, BIRDERS, AND GARDENERS * USA TODAY BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BESTSELLER * AMAZON EDITOR'S PICK * INDIE NEXT PICK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the beloved \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eopinion writer and bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eLate Migrations\u003c\/em\u003e comes a \"howling love letter to the world\" (Ann Patchett): a luminous book that traces the passing of seasons, personal and natural. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Comfort of Crows\u003c\/em\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\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\u003cp\u003eWith fifty-two original color artworks by the author's brother, Billy Renkl, \u003cem\u003eThe Comfort of Crows \u003c\/em\u003eis a lovely and deeply moving book from a cherished observer of the natural world. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49406588911920,"sku":"BDhz3v","price":8.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/hz3v-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773555269","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-hz3v","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}