But no matter where she was transplanted–no matter how awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape–she was able to turn to our world’s fierce and funny creatures for guidance. Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by The MillionsĪ Literary Hub Recommended Climate Read for September 2020Ī Mpls.St.Paul Magazine Reading Recommendation for Fall 2020įrom beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction–a collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us.Īs a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world’s gifts.Featuring exquisite colour illustrations by Fumi Nakamura throughout, World of Wonders is a magnificent bestiary: an unforgettable book of sustenance, resilience and joy.Ī New York Public Library Best Book of 2020Ī Wall Street Journal Holiday Gift Pick for 2020Ī Publishers Weekly Big Indie Book of Fall 2020Ī Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of 2020Ī Ralph Lauren Summer Reading RecommendationĪ Garden & Gun Summer Reading Recommendation No matter where she is transplanted, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship, even in the strange and the unlovely. The axolotl teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindness the touch-me-not plant shows us how to shake off unwanted advances the narwhal demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments.In her nonfiction debut, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil explores the many places she has called home, from inhospitable plains to tall mountains in big sky country. It is a very fine book indeed, truly full of wonder’ – James Rebanks, author of Pastoral Song’An unusual and captivating memoir … a thing of wonder, the book that most took me by surprise this year’ – Jini Reddy, author of WanderlandWhat the peacock can do is remind you of a home you will run away from and run back to all your life.
A New York Times Bestseller ‘Within two pages, nature writing feels different and fresh and new … This book demands we find the eyes to see and the heart to love such things once more.
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