![]() ![]() ![]() ou're immersed in Ackerman's glorious prose, studded with arresting phrases and breathtakingly beautiful images.Her gift to us is the sheer pleasure of seeing the world through her loving eyes. Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeepers Wife and The Natural History of the Senses, reads from her new work, Dawn Light, a very personal, meditative study of Dawn, using history, myth, poetry, entymology and personal observation as a collection of 'secular hallelujahs' - a natural history of Dawn, if you will. "Highly charged prose like this runs the risk of overstatement, and Ackerman doesn't always avoid it. most astonishing." - Barnes & Noble Review "Stepping into Ackerman's smart and comfortable shoes, what's not to like about dawn, with 'its ancient thrill of impending daylight,' where birds bring news from a far country, we enchant ourselves by simply paying attention? 'Morning,' wrote Sei Shonagon in The Pillow Book. "xuriates in the break of day.a lovely, learned invitation to 'the ancient thrill of impending sunlight.'" - Kirkus Reviews ![]() Ackerman's fans and readers who appreciate nature writing at its finest will love this." - Library Journal These pieces are accessible and lyrically written, and they flow well, one after another, making reading the book a true pleasure. ![]()
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