A Slender Thread
Rediscovering Hope at the Heart of Crisis
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
An astonishing book by the prize-winning, bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses that reveals her parallel lives as an observer of the wildlife in her garden and as a telephone crisis counselor.
"(Ackerman) brings a luminous and illuminating combination of sensuality, science, and speculation to whatever she considers." —San Francisco Examiner
Customer Reviews
An intimate blend of nature and nurture
Anyone who has experience with mental illness (and who doesn't?) will appreciate Diane Ackerman's insightful responses to the calls she received while volunteering with a Crisis Hotline.
I enjoyed the mixture of her observations of nature, bike rides with a friend, and the intense attempts to rejuvenate, and at times, save the lives of strangers via telephone.
At times, Ackerman has a tendency to jump into a subject or a description in list form, and her lists tend to be a little too long. I found myself losing patience and skipping to the next paragraph a few times. As a whole, though, her writing and subject matter was compassionate, interesting, and easily relatable to my own experiences.