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9780679771333

A Slender Thread

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  • ISBN13:

    9780679771333

  • ISBN10:

    0679771336

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 1998-03-31
  • Publisher: Vintage

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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. From the Hardcover edition.

Author Biography

Diane Ackerman earned degrees at Penn State and Cornell, received many grants and awards, and has taught at a variety of universities. Her work frequently appears in National Geographic, Parade, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and other journals

Table of Contents

Prefacep. 3
Borrowed Heartsp. 5
Squirrels, and the Dark Night of the Soulp. 26
All the Bright Catastrophesp. 45
A Mass of Lifep. 62
The Golden Apples of the Sun, and Silver Apples of the Moonp. 81
The Shape of Firep. 95
The Heart's Asylump. 112
The Darkness of Our Daysp. 135
So Glory Descendsp. 162
The Orators of Augustp. 188
The World Unwoundp. 208
Desperate Measuresp. 236
A Last of Last Timesp. 253
Before the Dawnp. 264
Close Callsp. 291
Notes and Acknowledgmentsp. 295
Indexp. 297
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