World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments

Title: World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments Author: Aimee Nezhukumatathil ISBN: 9781639550562 Publisher: Milkweed Editions Published: 2024 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New Nature & Ecology 1607558 Publisher Description: "Hands-down one of the most beautiful books of the year." --NPR Beloved author Aimee Nezhukumatathil's celebrated work of nonfiction, now including additional essays and illustrations. 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 f