For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world's gifts. Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship. “What the peacock can do,” she tells us, “is remind you of a home you will run away from and run back to all your life.” The axolotl teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindness the touch-me-not plant shows us how to shake off unwanted advances the narwhal demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments. Nezhukumatathil takes us in to her childhood world and shows us life through the eyes of that little girl. Moving between vignettes from Nezhukumatathils life and her ponderings on nature, World of Wonders is a one-of-a-kind book you wont want to miss this year. But no matter where she was transplanted – no matter how awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape – she was able to turn to our world's fierce and funny creatures for guidance. Aimee Nezhukumatathils World of Wonders is a gorgeous collection of essays that ruminate on flora, fauna, and what they can teach us about life itself. As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio.
A collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us.Īs a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio.
0 kommentar(er)
