The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

The Sound of a Wild Snail EatingWinner of the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing Winner of the John Burroughs Medal Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award in Natural History Literature Brilliant. The New York Review of Books In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, Elisabeth Tova Bailey shares an inspiring and intimate story of her encounter with a Neohelix albolabrisa common woodland snail. While an illness keeps her

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