A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis

by Diane Ackerman

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780307763365
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/03/2011
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	953,369
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Diane Ackerman has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction in addition to garnering many other awards and recognitions for her work, which include the bestselling The Zookeeper’s Wife and A Natural History of the Senses. She lives in Ithaca, New York.