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Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell 

bySy Montgomery

Naturalist Sy Montgomery and wildlife artist Matt Patterson enter the Turtle Rescue League, where injured and abandoned turtles receive extraordinary care. Individual animals with shattered shells, missing limbs, and distinct temperaments introduce the biology, evolution, and long lives of their species. The rescuers' patient work becomes a meditation on time, repair, grief, and the moral value of helping one creature at a time. Montgomery connects highway deaths, habitat loss, pollution, and the pet trade with intimate recovery stories, showing how acts of attention can mend both damaged animals and the people who serve them.

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9780358458180