The Hopes of Snakes: And Other Tales from the Urban Landscape

by Lisa Couturier

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In The Hopes of Snakes, Lisa Couturier celebrates the stories of forgotten, overlooked animals who have adapted nobly to city and suburban life in the Northeast. With sharp perception and deep humanity, she has found what is so remarkable in the nature we see most often and illuminated it like no one before her. The Hopes of Snakesis an eloquent and powerful debut by one of the best new writers exploring nature in the humanized landscape.… (more)

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In The Hopes of Snakes, Lisa Couturier celebrates the stories of forgotten, overlooked animals who have adapted nobly to city and suburban life in the Northeast. With sharp perception and deep humanity, she has found what is so remarkable in the nature we see most often and illuminated it like no one before her. The Hopes of Snakesis an eloquent and powerful debut by one of the best new writers exploring nature in the humanized landscape.

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