How to be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals

A New York Instances bestseller!

Nationwide Ebook Award finalist Sy Montgomery displays on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals–her buddies–who’ve profoundly affected her on this beautiful, poetic, and life-affirming memoir that includes illustrations by Rebecca Inexperienced.

Understanding somebody who belongs to a different species may be transformative. Nobody is aware of this higher than creator, naturalist, and adventurer Sy Montgomery. To analysis her books, Sy has traveled the world and encountered a few of the planet’s rarest and most stunning animals. From tarantulas to tigers, Sy’s life frequently intersects with and is knowledgeable by the creatures she meets.

This restorative memoir displays on the personalities and quirks of 13 animals–Sy’s buddies–and the truths revealed by their grace. It additionally explores huge themes: the otherness and sameness of individuals and animals; the varied methods we study to like and develop into empathetic; how we discover our ardour; how we create our households; dealing with loss and despair; gratitude; forgiveness; and most of all, the right way to be a superb creature on the earth.