Compelled by deep instinct and the curious mind of a retired nurse, midwife, and naturalist, the author retrieves a too-late-to-migrate monarch caterpillar from a December ice storm. Each day of its longer-than-expected life brings new observations, challenges, and rewards, including:
-How are butterflies and humans alike?
-How do they feed?
-How do we care for the aging?
-What fosters a peaceful demise?
In A Monarch in Winter: Biography of a Butterfly, discover:
-Evolutionary similarities between insects and humans
-The preciousness of every moment
-True connections among living creatures
This fascinating memoir and biography will amaze nature enthusiasts, conservationists, and educators. Vivid storytelling and deep scientific insights answer monarch lifecycle mysteries and struggles. Awe-inspiring observations throughout "Spot's" long life will change your views of nature—and yourself.
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Abbey Pachter's writing is most often based on personal experiences, inspired by nature, and informed by science. Born in Chicago, Pachter spent her childhood enjoying nature in the Indiana Dunes beside Lake Michigan. She graduated from Michigan's Interlochen Center for the Arts and earned degrees in professional nursing from the University of Michigan (BSN, MSN) and the University of Pennsylvania (PhD, 1989). Her career has included clinical practice in nursing and midwifery, project management in healthcare informatics, faculty and administrative appointments at several universities, and membership on many Boards of Directors. She has traveled internationally, most recently to Mexico where she witnessed monarch butterflies in their winter roosts in the high oyamel forests. She is the mother of two "amazing daughters and wonderful sons-in-law," "Gramma" to four grandkids she adores, and lives in Virginia Beach, VA.
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