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In The Comfort of Crows, New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author Margaret Renkl presents a literary devotional: fifty-two chapters that follow the creatures and plants in her backyard over the course of a year. As we move through the seasons—from a crow spied on New Year’s Day, its resourcefulness and sense of community setting a theme for the year—what develops is a portrait of joy and grief. Joy at the ongoing pleasures of the natural world: “Until the very last cricket falls silent, the beauty-besotted will always find a reason to love the world.” And grief at a shifting climate, at winters that end too soon, at songbirds growing fewer and fewer.

Along the way, we also glimpse the changing rhythms of a human life. Grown children, unexpectedly home during the pandemic, prepare to depart once more. Birdsong and night-blooming flowers evoke generations past. The city and the country where Renkl raised her family transform a little more with every passing day. How can one person make a difference amid such destabilizing changes?

  • New York Times bestseller
  • Reese’s Book Club pick #100
  • Winner of the 2024 Southern Book Prize for Nonfiction
  • New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
  • Barnes & Noble Best Books 2023
  • Shelf Awareness 2023 Best Books of the Year
  • Garden & Gun Best Books of 2023
  • Good Housekeeping November Book Club Pick
  • Parnassus Books’ October First Editions Club selection
  • LibraryReads Nonfiction Bonus Pick
  • Indie Next Pick
  • SIBA Read This Next Pick
  • Barnes & Noble Most Anticipated Books of October
  • Amazon Best Biographies & Memoirs of November
  • USA Today Bestseller
  • IndieBound Best seller
  • Washington Post Bestseller
  • Boston Globe Bestseller
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