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A review by book_beat
The Wild Birds: Six Stories of the Port William Membership by Wendell Berry
5.0
“In body, now, he is an old man, but mind and eye look out of his old body into the shifting leafy lights and shadows among the still trunks with a recognition that is without age, the return of an ageless joy.” — Wendell Berry.
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I raved about JAYBER CROW last month and immediately picked up another book by Wendell Berry. THE WILD BIRDS follows a handful of the Port William residents — living, dying, farming, and saving each other with lots of grace and forgiveness. I’ve found this collection to be very healing for me, particularly a story about a grandson sitting at his dying grandfather’s bedside. Berry has broken into my all-time-favorite authors because he writes about the quiet, mundane moments. He shows how every tiny detail of life can be observed and redeemed with love.
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I raved about JAYBER CROW last month and immediately picked up another book by Wendell Berry. THE WILD BIRDS follows a handful of the Port William residents — living, dying, farming, and saving each other with lots of grace and forgiveness. I’ve found this collection to be very healing for me, particularly a story about a grandson sitting at his dying grandfather’s bedside. Berry has broken into my all-time-favorite authors because he writes about the quiet, mundane moments. He shows how every tiny detail of life can be observed and redeemed with love.