{"product_id":"wild-hope-stories-for-lent-from-the-vanishing-9781640601994","title":"Wild Hope: Stories for Lent from the Vanishing","description":"\u003ci\u003eThis is a beautifully elegant, deeply excellent book, pursued by grace on every page, in every stunning illustration.\u003c\/i\u003e\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Carl Safina\u003c\/b\u003e, ecologist, NYT bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBeyond Words\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBecoming Wild; \u003c\/i\u003eMacArthur Fellow and founder of The Safina Center \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAll Creation Waits\u003c\/i\u003e -- a beautiful book of hope for Lent, filled with twenty-five of Earth's rare and wild creatures. Their stories, while tragic and uncomfortable, will wake readers to greater compassion and hope.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Pangolins and polar bears, olms, lemurs, and leopards. We share this planet with creatures magnificent, delicate, intricate--and now vanishing at a faster rate than at any other time in Earth's history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spend Lent with twenty-five of these endangered animals. Vivid descriptions of the miracle of each creature and the peril it faces will fill readers with wonder and grief at what these animals suffer on a planet shaped by human choices. Their true and difficult stories will wake readers to a greater compassion--which is what Lent, meaning \"springtime,\" has always been for. \u003ci\u003eThese stories also wake in us a wild hope that from all this death and ruin something new could rise.\u003c\/i\u003e The promise of Lent is that something new will rise. In fact, as these stories attest, our hope, though wild, is not impossible and is already loose in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gayle Boss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paraclete Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 6.90w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640601994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e 08 - 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGayle Boss\u003c\/b\u003e writes in Michigan, where she was born and raised. Her life-long love of animals and her immersion in spiritual texts and practices have melded in poems and essays that explore how relationships with animals specifically, and an attentive presence in the natural world generally, restore us to our deepest selves. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eAll Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings\u003c\/i\u003e. The mother of two grown sons, Gayle lives in Grand Rapids with her husband. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid G. Klein\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning graphic artist with illustrations for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, Random House, Tor Books, DC Comics, and Marvel. He is a graphic novelist, printmaker, engraving artist, and co-founder of Brooklyn-based Point Made Animation.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Gayle Boss \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47281825185949,"sku":"9781640601994","price":39.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_f65014bc-ce51-4e8b-9efe-d0549ffe262a.jpg?v=1759937091","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/wild-hope-stories-for-lent-from-the-vanishing-9781640601994","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}