Wild Things: A Geography of Grief by Wansbrough, Barbara

Wild Things: A Geography of Grief

"These trees, these plants I have written to you about have taught me all I needed to...
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Wild Things: A Geography of Grief by Wansbrough, Barbara

Wild Things: A Geography of Grief

$36.67

Wild Things: A Geography of Grief

$36.67
Author: Barbara Wansbrough
Format: Paperback
Language: English

"These trees, these plants I have written to you about have taught me all I needed to know about your death."


B loves M, her favorite sister.


Then M is gone--taken too young, too suddenly, under the strange and quiet shroud of the pandemic. In the absence that follows, B sets out each day into the vast wilds of Griffith Park with her dog,
walking uphill and down in search of understanding, of peace, of reconciliation.


She talks to her sister in the language of the landscape, sports with her in the shape-shifting form of the wild animals
and plants of the park--rabbits, coyotes, snakes, owls, oleander, dodder, nettle, walnut. She leaves gifts--shells, stones, tokens of memory--and finds them answered in unexpected ways.


B now finds herself open to the mystery of change--willing to release old habits, weary truths, impossible expectations, and the comforting fictions of family. She revisits her life as an anxious and dutiful daughter, sister, wife, mother, and artist,
pausing to linger, to glance sideways, to laugh. She walks onward, guiding us gently toward a place we all must reach--where much can be left behind and a new wisdom awaits. And then she writes.


Wild Things is the result: 59 letters to her sister, one for each year of her life, alive with grief, wonder, and transformation. A book about loss and about the radical clarity that comes when everything falls away--a luminous, unforgettable work.

Author: Barbara Wansbrough
Publisher: Eris
Published: 11/11/2025
Pages: 188
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781967751044


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2025

About the Author
Barbara Wansbrough was born in England and lives in California. Wild Things is her first book.

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