Reviews
"A Year on the Wingis a gorgeous, shocking, thrilling book. Tim Dee writes with the grace of wing strokes, and this personal journey, wherein we meet puffins and peregrines, starlings and nightingales, will make your heart soar."-- Sy Montgomery, author ofThe Good Good Pig, "A voyage through both the spectacular beauty and rawness of nature."-- Temple Grandin, author ofAnimals in Translation, Named Memoir of the Year in the UK Sunday Times"Extraordinary, beautifully written account...conveys powerfully how birds are part of our lives...and offers a perfect balance of science, personal memoir, and emotional response." --Sunday Times, "This book is miraculous and musical, mesmerizing and mystical, a symphony of astounding images from the earth around us. It is as close to poetry as prose can get. In reading it, you lose yourself in a joyful medley of life, movement, color, sound, surprise, and discovery. Like a wilderness retreat, it is a meditation -- a unique, moving experience that stays with you."-- Stacey O'Brien, author ofWesley the Owl, "Those who love birds will love this book, and envy Tim Dee for both the many adventures his year contained and the grace with which he describes them."-- Bill McKibben, author ofThe End of NatureandDeep Economy, "Dee is a captivating writeralmost every sentence contains surprises and flourishes. A rich book by a skillful, contemplative wordsmith." --Library Journal, "[S]tandout [memoir]. Memories come flocking in; speculations flit from sight. Images become synchronous and swappable. [A] brilliant study in how human imagination can be given form by a phenomenal event."-- Robert Macfarlane, author ofMountains of the MindandThe Wild Places
