A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis |
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| Authors: | Ackerman, Diane |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| BISAC/Subject: | BIO017000, PSY036000, NAT026000 |
| ISBN: | 9780307763365, Related ISBNs: 0307763366, 0679448772, 0679771336, 9780307763365, 9780679448778 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 320, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: 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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