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Loading... How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals (2018)by Sy Montgomery
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is a must-read for all animal lovers. I found myself touched by the author’s feelings towards animals, both the ones she lives with and those that she encounters in her life. This book might just change the way you view the animals in your life. ( ) I discovered this book on a list of best short books. Sometimes you just need a good, quick read as a palate cleanser. Other times it serves as far more than that, and How to Be a Good Creature is one of those books. Every animal lover should read this. It’s beautiful, heartfelt, and styled unlike any other memoir I’ve read. I now want to go buy my kids every one of Sy Montgomery’s children’s books, and I’m feeling kind of inspired to write some of my own anecdotes from life on a farm. I read [a:Sy Montgomery|13364|Sy Montgomery|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1530470075p2/13364.jpg]'s [b:Journey of the Pink Dolphins: An Amazon Quest|63714|Journey of the Pink Dolphins An Amazon Quest|Sy Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388278520l/63714._SY75_.jpg|61868] when I was in sixth grade, and am regularly on the lookout for her works as she treats the natural world with such emotion and feeling. I was less fond of this as an adult reading [b:The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness|22609485|The Soul of an Octopus A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness|Sy Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1425611143l/22609485._SY75_.jpg|42099445], partially because it felt more like a personal account rather than digging into what determines consciousness, but she definitely finds the heart in the mystery of our wild world. How to Be a Good Creature is a memoir told through various animals she spent time with in her life. A short read with delightful pictures, I imagine if you've read [b:The Good Good Pig: The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood|133803|The Good Good Pig The Extraordinary Life of Christopher Hogwood|Sy Montgomery|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320407831l/133803._SY75_.jpg|24705] or Soul of an Octopus you've already got some of the story beats, but HtBaGC puts them in shorter stories amidst others, including the dogs she's loved and lived with and the critters she became friends with through research expeditions. A good read for animal lovers, maybe not so much for people who don't personify the critters in their lives. This brief and touching "memoir in thirteen animals" shares the author's relationships with several dogs, a pig, a flock of chickens (the Ladies), assorted wilder creatures, and Octavia, the octopus in the New England Aquariaum who inspired Montgomery's book, Soul of an Octopus. Each chapter is a vignette of Ms. Montgomery's interaction with one of the animals who affected her emotional life in significant ways. Light reading, lovely illustrations. no reviews | add a review
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Understanding someone who belongs to another species can be transformative. No one knows this better than author, naturalist, and adventurer Sy Montgomery. To research her books, Sy has traveled the world and encountered some of the planet's rarest and most beautiful animals. From tarantulas to tigers, Sy's life continually intersects with and is informed by the creatures she meets. This restorative memoir reflects on the personalities and quirks of thirteen animals-Sy's friends-and the truths revealed by their grace. It also explores vast themes: the otherness and sameness of people and animals; the various ways we learn to love and become empathetic; how we find our passion; how we create our families; coping with loss and despair; gratitude; forgiveness; and most of all, how to be a good creature in the world. No library descriptions found. |
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