Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
Finalist for the National Book Circle Critics Award
"A testament to the power of creativity in language, life—and love." —Heller McAlpin, Washington PostMore
Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
Finalist for the National Book Circle Critics Award
"Diane Ackerman's most enjoyable, intimate, and heartrending work yet."—Atul GawandeMore
"It's easy to live in the moment when you're immersed in Ackerman's glorious prose."—Washington PostMore
A celebrated storyteller-poet-naturalist explores a year of dawns in her most personal book to date.More
2008 Orion Book Award
The New York Times bestseller: a true story in which the keepers of the Warsaw zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.More
2008 Orion Book Award
A true story—as powerful as Schindler's List—in which the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo saved hundreds of people from Nazi hands.More