{"product_id":"the-living-will-say-hello-picador-shorts-9781250391254","title":"The Living Will Say Hello (Picador Shorts)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn intimate, quirky, and soulful portrait of the many lives that swirl and teem in that microcosm of the universe, the ocean rock pool. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this standalone extract from Adam Nicolson's \u003ci\u003eLife Between the Tides\u003c\/i\u003e, the reader gets a close-up view of some of the ocean's most intriguing characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe sea is not made of water. Creatures are its genes. Look down as you crouch over the shallows and you will find a periwinkle or a prawn, a claw-displaying crab or a cluster of anemones ready to meet you. No need for binoculars or special stalking skills: go to the rocks and the living will say hello.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this distilled version of the powerful, revelatory \u003ci\u003eLife Between the Tides\u003c\/i\u003e, Adam Nicolson takes the reader on a wonder-filled tour of some of the animal residents of the rock pools that are the stage for so much of the life and poetry of the ocean. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe visit with the sandhopper, prawn, winkle, crab, and anemone, and each episode reenacts the book's idea of the inner drama of life in this cloistered and vibrant space. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNicolson writes \"with scientific rigor and a poet's sense of wonder\" (\u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e). He animates the world of the rock pool and provides an essential perspective on a marine world as intricate and infinite as our own and not much further off than the tips of our noses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLiving Will Say Hello \u003c\/i\u003eis part of the Picador Shorts series \"Oceans, Rivers, and Streams,\" in which excerpts from beloved classics speak to our relationship with our water bodies, great and small.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Nicolson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador Shorts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.3lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250391254","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44365850837129,"sku":"9781250391254","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_6a471f87-3274-43a7-aee0-cd570d91b0a0.jpg?v=1751347985","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-living-will-say-hello-picador-shorts-9781250391254","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}