REESES BOOK CLUB PICK NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER beautiful love letter to nature and the world around us.Reese Witherspoon Reese Book Club September PickTHE PERFECT GIFT FOR NATURE LOVERS BIRDERS AND GARDENERS WITH ORIGINAL COLOR ART THROUGHOUT USA TODAY BESTSELLER NATIONAL BESTSELLER INDIE NEXT PICKFrom the beloved New York Times opinion writer a luminous book that traces the passing of seasons both personal and natural.In The Comfort of Crows Margaret Renkl presents a literary devotional fiftytwo chapters that follow the creatures and plants in her backyard over the course of a year. As we move through the seasons a crow spied on New Year Day its resourcefulness and sense of community setting a theme for the year to the lingering bluebirds of December revisiting the nest box they used in spring develops is a portrait of joy and grief joy in the ongoing pleasures of the natural world and grief over winters that end too soon and songbirds that grow 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.