{"product_id":"waiting-for-the-albino-dunnock-9781474603010","title":"Waiting for the Albino Dunnock","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A beautiful book'' Tim Birkhead, author of \u003ci\u003eBird Sense\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The prose is sublime, and so is the intelligence behind it'' Bel Mooney, \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe extraordinary world of birds has the power to change lives, as it did the author''s. The pleasure and fascination of bird-watching, together with the silence and stillness involved, can play a part in changing the way that we live our lives - and can help us when we have to deal with adversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePersonal and elegiac, \u003ci\u003eWaiting for the Albino Dunnock \u003c\/i\u003eshows us how beauty is central to our emotional wellbeing, and reminds us of the careless damage we are inflicting on the natural world. This glorious pilgrimage into the soaring world of birds opens our eyes afresh to the beauty which surrounds us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful book -- Tim Birkhead, author of \u003ci\u003eBIRD SENSE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlorious, beautifully written pilgrimage into the soaring world of birds ... The prose is sublime, and so is the intelligence behind it -- Bel Mooney * DAILY MAIL *\u003cbr\u003eRare, charming and unforgettable ... Her prose has the clarity, poise, precision and transcendent beauty of someone who was brought up reading the classics and knows the joy of finding the right words. Every sentence is perfect -- Richard Davenport-Hines * THE OLDIE *\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written * CHOICE magazine *\u003cbr\u003e[Richardson] writes...with a poetic lyricism -- Eithne Farry * SUNDAY EXPRESS *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis exquisite depiction of bird-watching as personal pilgrimage is written with passion, poetry and the\u003cbr\u003efreshness of a newcomer: 'the real voyage of discovery consists in...seeing with new eyes'\u003c\/p\u003e * THE LADY *\u003cbr\u003eRichardson is both a looker and a see-er and her open-eyed delight in the beauty around her has an infectious quality enhanced by exquisite writing -- Sara Maitland * BBC COUNTRYFILE *\u003cbr\u003e[Richardson's] lyrical memoir of a year of birdwatching in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Greece is a life-enhancing record of birds (and books). * DAILY MAIL *","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47851816976727,"sku":"9781474603010","price":8.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474603010.jpg?v=1710645734","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/waiting-for-the-albino-dunnock-9781474603010","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}