Binding: Paperback
Description: British - Bangladeshi birder environmentalist and activist Mya - Rose Craig is an international force. In her moving memoir Birdgirl she chronicles her mother's struggle with mental illness and shares her passion for social justice and fierce dedication to preserving our planet. Meet Mya - Rose otherwise known as Birdgirl. In her words: Birdwatching has never felt like a hobby or a pastime I can pick up and put down but a thread running through the pattern of my life so tightly woven in that there's no way of pulling it free and leaving the rest of my life intact. Birdgirl follows Mya - Rose and her family as they travel the world in search of rare birds and astonishing landscapes. But a shadow moves with them too her mother's deepening mental health crisis. In the face of this struggle the Craigs turn to nature again and again for comfort and meaning. Each bird they see brings a moment of joy and reflection instilling in Mya - Rose a deep love of the natural world. But Mya - Rose has also seen first - hand the reckless destruction we are inflicting on our fragile planet as well as the pervasive racism infecting every corner of the world leading her to campaign for Black Indigenous people of color. Joining the fight of today's young environmental activists Mya - Rose shares her experiences to advocate for the simple profound gift of nature and for making it accessible to all calling her readers to rediscover the power of our natural world. Birder activist daughter: this is her story.
Title: Birdgirl Looking To The Skies In Search Of A Better Future
Author(s): Craig Mya - Rose
Publisher: Celadon Books
Barcode: 9781250339676
Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/2/2024