The serviceberry : abundance and reciprocity in the natural world

Large Print Book

The serviceberry : abundance and reciprocity in the natural world / Robin Wall Kimmerer ; with illustrations by John Burgoyne.

Kimmerer, Robin Wall, (author.). Burgoyne, John (Illustrator), (illustrator.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781420520026
ISBN: 1420520024
Physical Description: 169 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Edition: Large print edition.
Publisher: [Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2024.
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

General Note:

"The Serviceberry was originally published, in an abbreviated form, in Emergence Magazine"--Title page verso.

Summary, etc.:

"As Indigenous scientist and author Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests Serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers how our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, as Kimmerer explains, 'Serviceberries show us another model, one based upon reciprocity, where wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency.' The Serviceberry is a reminder that 'hoarding won't save us, all flourishing is mutual'"-- Back cover.