The Hopes of Snakes Paperback by Lisa Couturier

Product Details

• Publisher: Beacon Press (2006-01-12)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 176 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780807085653
• Item Weight: 212.62 grams
• Dimensions: 21.59 x 13.97 x 1.27 cm

In The Hopes of Snakes, Lisa Couturier celebrates the stories of forgotten, overlooked animals who have adapted nobly to city and suburban life in the Northeast. With sharp perception and deep humanity, she has found what is so remarkable in the nature we see most often and illuminated it like no one before her. The Hopes of Snakes is an eloquent and powerful debut by one of the best new writers exploring nature in the humanized landscape.

About the Author

Lisa Couturier's essays have appeared in literary anthologies, including the well-regarded American Nature Writing series and National Geographic's Heart of a Nation. She has worked as an environmental journalist and a magazine editor. She writes and teaches in the Washington, DC, area, where she lives with her family along the Potomac River.