This book is a delight, melding birding lore and the perils of transitioning to midlife. Recommended for medium and large public libraries or others where nature books are popular.
Oklahoma-based husband-and-wife team Sheriff Milt Kovak and psychiatrist Jean McDonnell (Rude Awakening) investigate a polygamist's world when one of his wives turns up dead...
Best-suited to readers interested in memoirs of grief, nature writing, or Hudson River kayaking. Those interested in the river in its historical context may prefer Douglas Hunter's Half Moon: Henry Hudson and the Voyage That Redrew the Map of the New World.