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Vesper Flights, by Helen Macdonald

May 14, 2025 by Marguerite Rauch in Book Reviews

A compilation of essays on the natural world, and the animals that must share it with the humans. It will increase your sensitivity to your personal impacts— with gentle observation, no preachiness, here.

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May 14, 2025 /Marguerite Rauch
2025 Reviews, Nature, Nonfiction
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Raising Hare: A Memoir, by Chloe Dalton

May 09, 2025 by Marguerite Rauch in Book Reviews

A Covid memoir from Britain, we learn of the way a baby hare changes a city dwelling, workaholic’s life. Highly recommended.

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May 09, 2025 /Marguerite Rauch
2025 Reviews, Nonfiction, Memoir, Nature
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Playground, by Richard Powers

November 20, 2024 by Marguerite Rauch in Book Reviews

Powers brings his wonder and awe as a writer to Earth’s oceans in this story of ecological peril and human relationships, both fragile.

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November 20, 2024 /Marguerite Rauch
2024 Reviews, Literary Fiction, Realistic Fiction, Nature
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