

The Economy of Sparrows
Author: Trevor Herriot
Narrator: Kelley Jo Burke
Unabridged: 5 hr 29 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Thistledown Press
Published: 11/07/2023
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Small Town & Rural
Author: Trevor Herriot
Narrator: Kelley Jo Burke
Unabridged: 5 hr 29 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Thistledown Press
Published: 11/07/2023
Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Small Town & Rural
Love books written by people with a biology background.......more
A 3.5 -- Would have been 4 but the ending didn't seem to tie things up for me......more
Tying the past colonial perspective to the present through a woman’s obsession with a nineteenth century naturalist and bird collector. Love the quote for each chapter from Tavener’s book which describes a bird species and describes their economic value. So much knowledge, so arcane, so erudite, so......more
A charming read from cover to cover. Trevor’s love for natural history and the natural world really shines through in this beautiful story.......more
Conscience and reconciliation with the past With the economy of sparrows pitted against humans’ interest in agriculture, Trevor Herriot’s _The Economy of Sparrows_ is a rare book that is at once a novel about environment, species endangerment and colonial methods of bird research as well as a sophis......more