{"product_id":"late-migrations-a-natural-history-of-love-and-loss","title":"Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss","description":"\u003cb\u003eA TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna December 2019 Book Club Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, and \u003ci\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSouthern Book Prize Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eO, the Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e July 2019 Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Pick of the Week\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAn Indie Next Selection for July 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAn Indies Introduce Selection for Summer\/Fall 2019\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA 2019 Okra Pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e opinion writer Margaret Renkl comes an unusual, captivating portrait of a family--and of the cycles of joy and grief that inscribe human lives within the natural world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gorgeously illustrated by the author's brother, Billy Renkl, \u003ci\u003eLate Migrations\u003c\/i\u003e is an assured and memorable debut.","brand":"Milkweed Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39328294010980,"sku":"9781571313782","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/late-migrations-a-natural-history-of-love-and-loss","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}