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Why Peacocks?

Sean Flynn

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  • 272 sidor
  • 2022
An acclaimed journalist seeks to understand the mysterious allure of peacocksand in the process discovers unexpected and valuable life lessons. 2022 Carnegie Medal for Excellence Longlist Selection When Sean Flynns neighbor in North Carolina texted Any chance you guys want a peacock? No kidding! he stared bewilderedly at his phone. He had never considered whether he wanted a peacock. But as an award-winning magazine writer, this kind of mystery intrigued him. So he, his wife, and their two young sons became the owners of not one but three charming yet fickle birds: Carl, Ethel, and Mr. Pickle. In Why Peacocks?, Flynn chronicles his hilarious and heartwarming first year as a peacock owner, from struggling to build a pen to assisting the local bird doctor in surgery to triumphantly watching a peahen lay her first egg. He also examines the history of peacocks, from their appearance in the Garden of Eden to their befuddling Charles Darwin to their bewitching the likes of Flannery OConnor and Martha Stewart. And fueled by a reporters curiosity, he travels across the globe to learn more about the birds firsthand, with stops including a Scottish castle where peacocks have resided for centuries, a southern California community tormented by a serial killer of peacocks, and a Kansas City airport hotel hosting an annual gathering of true peafowl aficionados. At turns comically absurd and deeply poignant, Why Peacocks? blends lively, insightful memoir and illuminating science journalism to answer the titles question. More than that, it offers surprising lessons about love, grief, fatherhood, and family.
  • Författare: Sean Flynn
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781982101084
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 272
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2022-08-04
  • Förlag: Simon & Schuster