The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
- ISBN-10
- 1565126068
- ISBN-13
- 9781565126060
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 190
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-01-01
- Publisher
- Algonquin Books
- Author
- Elisabeth Tova Bailey
Description
Bedridden and suffering from a neurological disorder, the author recounts the profound effect on her life caused by a gift of a snail in a potted plant and shares the lessons learned from her new companion about her the meaning of her life and the life of the small creature.
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