{"product_id":"9781399418997","title":"The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating: Anniversary Edition - Elisabeth Tova Bailey (Hardback) 03-07-2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Fabulous, a triumph, and it will remain a favourite forever.' CHRIS PACKHAM 'A miniature masterpiece.' THE INDEPENDENT 'Charming and absorbing.' THE TIMES  In celebration of its fifteen year anniversary, and including a new foreword by Helen Macdonald, this multi-award winning account of a close encounter with nature will delight readers everywhere.  While an illness keeps her bedridden, Elisabeth Tova Bailey watches a wild snail that has taken up residence in a flowerpot alongside her bed. She enters the rhythm of life of this mysterious creature, and comes to a greater understanding of her own confined place in the world. In a work that beautifully demonstrates the rewards of closely observing nature, she shares the inspiring and intimate story of her connection with Neohelix albolabris - a common woodland snail.  Intrigued by the snail's world - from its strange anatomy to its mysterious courtship activities - she becomes a fascinated and amused observer of the snail's curious life. The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating reveals how much of the natural world we overlook in our busy daily lives, while affirming the extraordinary life of even the tiniest of species.  A remarkable journey of survival and resilience, this beautiful book shows how a small part of the natural world can illuminate our own human existence and deepen our appreciation of what it means to be fully alive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Ivybridge Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Elisabeth Tova Bailey \/ Non Fiction - Biography \/ 03-07-2025","offer_id":55476435550588,"sku":"9781399418997","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0535\/2344\/8005\/files\/9781399418997.jpg?v=1750694783","url":"https:\/\/www.ivybridgebookshop.com\/products\/9781399418997","provider":"The Ivybridge Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}