When that cache` of books arrived from MJV I expected The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan to be moderately interesting. That was to underestimate both MJV and Tan. Likely Tan is known to you both as an accomplished author. Perhaps it should not be surprising that her diary of backyard birdwatching should be engaging. Seeing that it's a #1 New York Times Best Seller gives me hope that it will turn more persons into birdwatchers.
Her diary entries are accompanied by her sketches of the birds she writes about. Tan definitely has artistic talent. In addition to being a best selling author she's also a neurosurgeon. Her house in Sausalito, CA, just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, has a backyard well suited to birdwatching. She reveals much of herself in the diary entries coming across as a warm human who is not full of herself. One of my favorite authors, Ann Patchett writes "Much great writing comes from great interest, and in The Backyard Bird Chronicles, Amy Tan shows us how the world fascinates her, especially the birds. The result is both unexpected and spectacular." AMEN!
Takk for alt,
Al
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