The Hopes of Snakes
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The Hopes of Snakes
(Beacon Press, 2005)
The Hopes of Snakes and Other Tales from the Urban Landscape
Pattiann Rogers
”In The Hopes of Snakes Lisa Couturier describes her observations and encounters with animals who live in cities and their environs. This is an important book focusing on an important subject--the enrichment and rejuvenation that can be experienced through noticing and watching with careful attention these city creatures, their devotion to life, the tenacity they demonstrate in adapting and surviving in urban areas, how they fit into the human world and how we fit into theirs. Couturier's essays are lively with the engaging personalities of both people and animals. The Hopes of Snakes is a timely book, skillfully and finely crafted, full of wonder, full of creature hope and human hope. ”
--Pattiann Rogers, poet, author of Song of the World Becoming and Generations
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