Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss if it weren't for the

if it weren't for the tragedies of his life: the sudden death of his eldest daughter and the way his marriage fell apart after that

With all the old feelings rushing back

The Assassin and the Underworld

his extraordinary work

Late Migrations: A Natural History of Love and Loss if it weren't for theFrom New York Times contributing opinion writer Margaret Renkl comes an unusual, captivating portrait of a family and of the cycles of joy and grief that inscribe human lives within the natural world. Growing up in Alabama, Renkl was a devoted reader, an explorer of riverbeds and red dirt roads, and a fiercely loved daughter. Here, in brief essays, she traces a tender and honest portrait of her complicated parents her exuberant, creative mother; her