Your Wild and Precious Life
eBook - ePub

Your Wild and Precious Life

On grief, hope and rebellion

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Your Wild and Precious Life

On grief, hope and rebellion

About this book

A WATERSTONES BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024

My son's death will never make sense to me. But it has taught me that it's possible to find meaning, collectively and individually, in the loss of what we love. And in finding them, transform. Resilience is a seed that we all bear inside us. It germinates in emergencies. It sets down roots in astonishing and unexpected ways. And if we notice it, and tend to it, it blooms.

Liz Jensen's son, a zoologist, conservationist and ecological activist, was twenty-five when he collapsed and died unexpectedly. She fell apart. As she grieved, forest fires raged, coral reefs deteriorated, CO2 emissions rose and fossil fuels burned.

Your Wild and Precious Life is the story of how a mother rebuilt herself, reoriented her life and rediscovered the enchantment of the living world. Set against the backdrop of climate and ecological catastrophe, it's an argument for agency, legacy and the wild possibility of hope.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. About the Authors
  3. Also by Liz Jensen
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Epigraph
  8. Contents
  9. Prologue
  10. Part One: Out of Time
  11. Part Two: Spring
  12. Part Three: Summer
  13. Part Four: Autumn and Winter
  14. Epilogue
  15. Acknowledgements
  16. Permission Credits