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Set against a spontaneous cross-country road trip following the migrating birds, this passionate, lyrical memoir is one woman's reflections on midlife, her important personal relationships, her kaleidoscopic past, and her uncertain future. To fifty-six-year-old Anne Batterson, a woman whose life has been filled with adventure -- as a commercial pilot, an international skydiving champion, a trekking guide in Nepal -- her husband's decision to retire felt like a death sentence. Yearning for some way to reconcile herself to the future that was rapidly unfolding before her, she packed up her VW camper and hit the road with maps, bird guides, and little else except the desire to follow the fall migration and the bone-deep hunch that birds had something important to teach her. In this beautifully written narrative of that extraordinary trip, Batterson writes movingly not only about her experiences with the birds but also about the people she loves, has lost, and connects with along the way. Events from the present trigger vivid stories from the past. In the chapter'The Journey Within the Journey,'a long, lonely night in a deserted campground in Virginia conjures up the ghosts of a desper

Author

Anne Batterson

Publisher

New York: Scribner

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9781416575092

Subjects

Memoir, Nature, Sociology

Rating

4.12 / 5 (16 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14