A Slender Thread: Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis

An astonishing book by the prize-winning, bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses that reveals her 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
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A beautiful book. Diane Ackerman writes so well on almost any subject.
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