Miriam Darlington
Owl Sense
Owl Sense
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Owl Sense is a book by Miriam Darlington that was longlisted for the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize 2018 and was named a Guardian Book of the Year 2018. It tells the story of Miriam's quest to identify every European species of owl and her search for her son's cure when he becomes ill.
\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 352 pages
\n Publication date: 03 January 2019
\n Publisher: Guardian Faber Publishing
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A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week, Longlisted for the Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize 2018, A Guardian Book of the Year 2018, The owl has captivated the human imagination for millennia, serving as a predator, messenger, emblem of wisdom, or portent of doom. Owl Sense tells a new story. On owl walks with her teenage son, Benji, Miriam Darlington embarks on a quest to identify every European species of this elusive bird. From Britain, she travels to Spain, France, Serbia, and Finland, and to the frosted borders of the Arctic. However, Benji succumbs to a mysterious and disabling illness, and Miriam's endeavor soon becomes entangled with the search for his cure. Bringing the strangeness and magnificence of owls to life, Owl Sense is a book about wildness in nature but also in the unpredictable course of our human lives.
\n Weight: 276g\n
Dimension: 196 x 128 x 23 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781783350759\n
Edition number: Main\n
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