The Rites of Autumn
To all Bird / Nature lovers, I would like to recommend a book, 'The Rites of Autumn' by Dan O'brien- #theritesofautumn. It is about how a peregrine falcon born in captivity is nurtured and prepared to get back to wilderness and survive on its own. It is a poignant story of man, a bird and the landscape. I think it is a book that will also be therapeutic to the malaise of our times :-) (noisy-world-on-our-face kind of malaise.) I first read it more than 20 years back and I am re-reading it again since I desperately felt the need for the therapy myself. It is a very old publication and is available on amazon.com. If anybody is interested in buying and reading it I request they dont read any other review since I feel it might lessen the impact/feelings that would come from the full reading of the book. I assure you it is a great book for nature lovers. I think it is available free in PDF also - but with the caveat that PDF would spoil the special charm of this st