My favorite read recently has been The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer. I’ve also recently enjoyed Poets Square by Courtney Gustafson and The Magical Year of Thinking by Joan Diddion. Currently reading Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Stayed. But that one is kind of exhausting.
Looking for something on the light-hearted side but also moving/touching/inspiring. Thank you!!
by Successful-Moose-839
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A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman
Ooh you have great taste! Seems like you have read a lot of nonfiction. If you’d consider fiction, I’d go Psalm for the Wild Built by Becky Chambers!
The Wedding People by Alison Espach might be a good shout for you.
“From a Kick in the Head to a Kick in the Ass My Involuntary Journey with Multiple Sclerosis and Ocular Melanoma”. It has good reviews on Amazon. Optimistic, heartfelt, witty, resilient. Authors name is Rachel Sindaco
Prodigal Summer by Barbara Kingsolver.
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy (sounds awfully depressing but really it’s sweet and insightful)
The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
Old in Art School by Nell Painter
Bite by Bite by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery
Cultivating Delight by Diane Ackerman
We Will Be Jaguars by Nemonte
Mudlarking by Lara Maiklem
All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
The Garden Against Time by Olivia Laing
Being Seen by Elsa Sjunneson
Year of the Tiger by Alice Wong
The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Erlich
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano or The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young.
*Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence*, by Doris Pilkington
Not so much on the light-hearted side, but moving, touching, inspiring ? Sure !
A pslam for the wild-built and A prayer for the crown-shy by Becky Chambers.
I will keep recommending these until I die.