"Īnd also in detailing the unscrupulous destruction of biodiverse, ecologically valuable wild land to build strip malls, including a heartbreakingly detailed description of Ellie's involvement in trying to save an area of Californian wild land slated for development. This irritated her, the idea that anyone who notices anything outside the selfish human world is immediately considered a bit odd. "Her new habit of self interrupting whatever she was doing 'just to look at a bird' was in the eyes of her friends and family. This is an entertaining story about friendship, very perceptive about human relationships and our relationship with nature both on the personal level: Patty follows her new carrer in the business world, the two friends grow As Ellie returns to college to study biology and realises that lifeĭoesn't need to be the consumerist normality sold us by the media while The two of them become more and more interested in birds and sign up as volunteers at a local nature reserve, Ellie with considerably more enthusiasm than Patty. So she packs her belongings into her truck and takes her dog off to her best friend Patty's place. Seeing the care and attention that a pair of bluebirds pay to each other, she finally relaises she needs to work up the courage to finally leave her no-good husband. Ellie falls into birdwatching by accident when she gets the date of a church picnic wrong and finds herself surrounded by birdwatchers.
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