Kirsten Davis is an E-Resources and Serials Librarian at the University of Central Oklahoma.

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

      Elisabeth Tova Bailey

Oh, this is beautiful. Simply,    elegantly beautiful; both the   writing--essay and natural        history and memoir all wrapped in a prose poem--and the little pencil illustrations scattered throughout. And the rough-cut paper. I love books with uneven pages.

"But what's it about?" you want to know. Nature, of course, as can be surmised from the snail in the     title. But also: illness, perspective, companionship, and home.

 Reviewed November 2014