A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis

by Diane Ackerman

Paperback, 1998

Status

Checked out

Publication

Vintage (1998), Edition: Reprint, Paperback, 320 pages

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.

User reviews

LibraryThing member rampaginglibrarian
A beautiful book. Diane Ackerman writes so well on almost any subject.

Physical description

320 p.; 8.02 inches

ISBN

0679771336 / 9780679771333
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