Non-fiction about a woman who truly is in tune with nature, and her surprising friendship with a fox living on her land. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is some beautiful writing on nature in this book, and author has deep knowledge about the living things all around. She has worked as a park ranger, field guide, and her love for living things really shows in this book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The format of the book is interesting – events don\u2019t take place according to a traditional timeline. She gets into the heads of some of the animals and show what she imagines their lives and feeling might be like. What comes out of this is a unique view of nature, and I think she did accomplish that goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are some allusions to her childhood (sounded tough) and how hard she has worked to learn and earn a doctorate degree, and you can tell she is intensely proud of her accomplishments and her intelligence. The Mensa group is mentioned (a few times) and I thought that her intelligence or what other people thought about her kind of detracted from the central story here – a unique relationship with an \u201cunboxed\u201d animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was glad to read this book, because it was an unusual look into someone who really does live well with nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Next I am reading The Most Important Thing by Howard Marks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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