Date/Time
January 27, 2022
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Enjoy reading books with a nature/environmentalism theme? Join NC’s monthly book club!
Start the New Year with a New Book!
We meet on the 4th Thursday of the month via zoom (registration required to receive the link). We welcome people of all backgrounds and abilities to join. Whether or not you’ve read this book, please feel free to come and participate in the discussion!
*Registration is required. Click here to register.
Participants can expect discussion around the book, intellectually stimulating conversation, and a shared passion for all things nature. Our January book will be the New York Times bestseller, How to be a Good Creature, by Sy Montgomery.
Book Description:
Cover for “How to Be a Good Creature” by Sy Montgomery
National Book Award finalist Sy Montgomery reflects on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals—her friends—who have profoundly affected her in this stunning, poetic, and life-affirming memoir featuring illustrations by Rebecca Green.
Understanding someone who belongs to another species can be transformative. No one knows this better than author, naturalist, and adventurer Sy Montgomery. To research her books, Sy has traveled the world and encountered some of the planet’s rarest and most beautiful animals. From tarantulas to tigers, Sy’s life continually intersects with and is informed by the creatures she meets.
This restorative memoir reflects on the personalities and quirks of thirteen animals—Sy’s friends—and the truths revealed by their grace. It also explores vast themes: the otherness and sameness of people and animals; the various ways we learn to love and become empathetic; how we find our passion; how we create our families; coping with loss and despair; gratitude; forgiveness; and most of all, how to be a good creature in the world.
This is a free group. Please email us at [email protected] if you need assistance or accommodations with the subject line: Book Club.
