Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss

Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss

Southern Book Prize Finalist

A New Statesman Best Book of the Year

An O, the Oprah Magazine July 2019 Pick

A Publishers Weekly "Pick of the Week"

An Indie Next Selection for July 2019
An Indies Introduce Selection for Summer/Fall 2019
A 2019 Okra Pick
From New York Times opinion writer Margaret Renkl comes an unusual, captivating portrait of a familyâ€•and of the cycles of joy and grief that inscribe human lives within the natural world.

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 parentsâ€•her exuberant, creative mother; her steady, supportive fatherâ€•and of the bittersweet moments that accompany a childâ€™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 worldsâ€•the natural one and our ownâ€•â€œthe shadow side of love is always loss, and grief is only loveâ€™s own twin.â€

Gorgeously illustrated by the authorâ€™s brother, Billy Renkl, Late Migrations is an assured and memorable debut.
Country USA
Brand Milkweed Editions
Manufacturer Milkweed Editions
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Twenty color illustrations by artist Bil
ReleaseDate 2019-07-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781571313782

Country	USA
Brand	Milkweed Editions
Manufacturer	Milkweed Editions
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Twenty color illustrations by artist Bil
ReleaseDate	2019-07-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781571313782

Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss

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