More Than Meets the Eye
Exploring Nature and Loss on the Coast of Maine
Down East Books · Print & ebook · May 1, 2021
Winner of the American Society of Journalists and Authors Award in the memoir/autobiography category!
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- Who it’s for
- Maine’s coast becomes a lens on life through scientific observation and reflection.
- Themes
- Maine coastal nature, Loss and mortality, Scientific exploration
- Pacing
- Reflective
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Winner of the American Society of Journalists and Authors Award in the memoir/autobiography category! For award-winning science writer Margie Patlak, exploring the unique nature of the Maine coast opens a door to deeper ties and insights. Watching a striped monarch caterpillar transform into a chartreuse pendant dabbed with gold, she realizes the limits of life and what is passed between generations.
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Tides show how fleeting time is, and clouds and weather reveal greater forces that take away all illusions of control. She also explores the continental collisions that thrust up and fractured Maine’s mountains; digs into the latest scientific thinking on how animals navigate; and exults in the dizzy dance of plankton under the microscope. Even moose, fox, and fishers reveal more than meets the eye.These facets of the natural world speak a hidden language Patlak translates with her scientific knowledge and reflection. Nature begins to speak about the nature of life.
Maine Coast
Maine’s coast becomes a lens on life through scientific observation and reflection.
Come here for
- Reflections on tides, clouds, and weather
- Scientific explorations of animal navigation and plankton under a microscope
Expect
- Maine’s mountains, shaped by continental collisions
- Moose, foxes, and fishers considered beyond appearances
Where it sits
| Naturalists' Lives | 43% |
|---|---|
| Nature Writing | 36% |
| Coasts & Shorelines | 31% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Women's Lives
- Naturalists' Lives
- Grief & Loss
- Coasts & Shorelines
- Authors
- Margie Patlak
- Publisher
- Down East Books
- Published
- May 1, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Maine coastal nature · Loss and mortality · Scientific exploration
- Reading lane
- Women's Lives