World of Wonders

"Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year." -NPRFrom beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction-a collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us.As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. But no matter where she was transplanted-no matter how awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape-she was able to turn to our world's fierce and funny creatures for guidance."What the peacock can do," she tells us, "is remind you of a home you will run away from and run back to all your life." The axolotl teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindness; the touch-me-not plant shows us how to shake off unwanted advances; the narwhal demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments. Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship. For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world's gifts.Warm, lyrical, and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, World of Wonders is a book of sustenance and joy.

Product details

• Authors: Aimee Nezhukamatathil, Aimee Nezhukumatathil
• Assisted by: Fumi Nakamura (Illustration)
• Publisher: Ingram Publisher Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.08.2020
• EAN: 9781571313652
• ISBN: 978-1-57131-365-2
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 222 mm x 17 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Guides > Nature; Mississippi, NATURE / Animals / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, NATURE / Essays, Autobiography: general, Nature & the natural world: general interest, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs