Why Peacocks?: An Unlikely Search for Meaning in the World's Most Magnificent Bird
- ISBN-10
- 1982101083
- ISBN-13
- 9781982101084
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2022-05-10
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Sean Flynn
Description
Until Flynn’s neighbor in North Carolina offered him one, he had never considered whether he wanted a peacock. His family became the owners of not one but three charming yet fickle birds: Carl, Ethel, and Mr. Pickle. Here he chronicles their first year as peacock owners, from struggling to build a pen to assisting the local bird doctor in surgery to triumphantly watching a peahen lay her first egg. He also examines the history of peacocks, from their appearance in the Garden of Eden. And Flynn travels across the globe to learn more about the birds firsthand. His book offers surprising lessons about love, grief, fatherhood, and family. -- adapted from jacket.
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