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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

Jul

7

2017

Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
by Elizabeth Tova Bailey

While bedridden by an illness, a friend brought Bailey a gift of wild violets and a tiny forest snail. Bailey gave her new companion a bedside terrarium, then observed its daily behaviors and educated herself on the life of gastropods. Her memoir is a gift to the scientifically curious, to nature lovers, to anyone who …

Jan

26

2011

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

“Part memoir, part natural history, and thoroughly engaging, Bailey’s charming book tells of a mysterious illness that confines her to bed for more than a year. When a friend brings her a wild violet plant and, inadvertently, its resident woodland snail, Bailey embarks on a journey of compassion and discovery as the snail’s small world …