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The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey

Dear Gastropod, how have I underestimated your grace and elegance so long? Bed-bound by a strange illness, reliant on caregivers and friends, Bailey finds company in the form of a small garden snail brought in from the woods on a violet plant. A miraculous journey through science, evolution, and human thought, this novel is a meditative look at all creatures. Read and perhaps consider, like the humble snail, a slower journey.

Jaclyn, R. J. Julia Booksellers, Madison