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Bedridden with a neurological disorder, the author recounts the effect on her life of a gift of a snail in a potted plant and shares the lessons learned from her new companion about the meaning of her life and the life of the small creature.
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"The author found solace--and good material--in watching a snail." --People magazine
"Though illness may rob us of vitality, sometimes it can also help bring us understanding---albeit in improbable disguises . . . Perhaps there's something to be said for moving at a snail's pace." --NPR.org
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"Though illness may rob us of vitality, sometimes it can also help bring us understanding---albeit in improbable disguises . . . Perhaps there's something to be said for moving at a snail's pace." --NPR.org
THE EARTHLY ADVENTURES OF A WOMAN AND A GASTROPOD
Winner 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
"How interesting can a snail be? Entirely captivating, as it turns out. [Bailey] is a marvelous writer, and the marriage of science and poetic mysticism that characterizes this small volume is magical." --Minneapolis Star Tribune
"[A] gem." --Susan Stamberg, NPR's Morning Edition
"Survival, resilience, and intellectual curiosity . . . Deeply moving. . . Extraordinary." --Literature and Medicine, the journal of the Institute for the Medical Humanities
"An exquisite meditation on the restorative connection between nature and humans . . . As richly layered as the soil she lays down in the snail's terrarium: loamy, potent, and regenerative." --The Huffington Post
"[A] small, quiet masterpiece, already destined to become a classic." --The Washington Times
Winner 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
"How interesting can a snail be? Entirely captivating, as it turns out. [Bailey] is a marvelous writer, and the marriage of science and poetic mysticism that characterizes this small volume is magical." --Minneapolis Star Tribune
"[A] gem." --Susan Stamberg, NPR's Morning Edition
"Survival, resilience, and intellectual curiosity . . . Deeply moving. . . Extraordinary." --Literature and Medicine, the journal of the Institute for the Medical Humanities
"An exquisite meditation on the restorative connection between nature and humans . . . As richly layered as the soil she lays down in the snail's terrarium: loamy, potent, and regenerative." --The Huffington Post
"[A] small, quiet masterpiece, already destined to become a classic." --The Washington Times
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- PublisherCenter Point Pub
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1611730201
- ISBN 13 9781611730203
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages187
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