num_pages: 455
description: This remarkable group of women have narrated their personal experiences with animalswhat they have learned and how it has transformed their lives. Common Boundary A celebration of compassion . . . Women are opening new ways of communicating with and understanding the animal world. The Seattle Times Though women have long felt kinship with animals in the past they seldom participated in the study of them. Now as more women make animals the subject of their investigations significant new ideas are emergingbased on the premise that animals are honored co-sharers of the earth. This unprecedented anthology features original stories essays meditations and poems by a vast array of women nature writers and field scientists Diane Ackerman  Virginia Coyle  Gretel Ehrlich  Dian Fossey  Tess Gallagher  Jane Goodall  Temple Grandin  Susan Griffin  Joy Harjo  Barbara Kingsolver  Ursula le Guin  Denise Levertov  Linda McCarriston  Susan Chernak McElroy  Rigoberta Mench  Cynthia Moss  Katherine Payne  Marge Piercy  Pattiann Rogers  Linda Tellington-Jones  Haunani-Kay Trask  Gillian Van Houten  Terry Tempest Williams
language: English
title: Intimate Nature: The Bond Between Women and Animals
publisher: Random House Publishing Group