The exquisitely crafted stories in Anthony Doerr's acclaimed debut
collection take listeners from the African coast to the pine forests of
Montana to the damp moors of Lapland, charting a vast physical and
emotional landscape. Doerr explores the human condition in all its
varieties--metamorphosis, grief, fractured relationships, and slowly
mending hearts--and conjures nature in both its beautiful abundance and
crushing power. Some of his characters contend with tremendous hardship;
some discover unique gifts; all are united by their ultimate deference
to the mysteries of the universe outside themselves.